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I am concerned about low-performing students - doesn't matter if they are from a certain race or income group.

Am I that concerned so that I would want to start a compaign to remove them? No. And also I understand changes take more effort. So I am not for changes to the current situation. I am simply concerned enough so that I would resist any changes that could bring in more bad apples. Bringing in more low performing kids (again, doesn't matter if they are low performing white kids or asian kids or AA kids or hispanic kids or rich kids or poor kids) increases that chance so I would resist that.

If people believe there are benefits that outweigh the concerns, they can spell those out, but don't just dismiss these valid concerns.

[b]Is that so hard to understand?[/b]

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Given that MCPS makes boundary decisions based on where you live, not on what your test scores are -- yes, actually it is hard to understand.

If there were a discussion at your community pool about whether or not to include Neighborhood A, would you respond, "I am concerned about people who don't swim well - doesn't matter if they are from a certain race or income group."?[/quote]

I believe the BOE's recent vote prioritizes diversity over geographic proximity for these decisions going forward.[/quote]

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