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I have a lot to do with kids in the magnet programs, all three of my kids are products of the magnet programs in MCPS. But I did not make any assumption about poor, black and Hispanic kids - you did!  I know a number of black and Hispanic students in magnet programs who are doing well.  Yes,  they are very small numbers, and most of the blacks are children of recent educated and affluent immigrants from Africa .  The poor students are spread equally among the races in the magnet programs, but he majority of those who need financial help (fieldtrip costs mainly) are poor White and Hispanic students.

It is very interesting that the poverty among White students is swept under the rugs on this forum, and so does the ESOL needs of Asian students.

Since the Metis Report came, MCPS has changed the selection criteria and it is not the test performance anymore.  The evidence is what was done to Takoma Park and Eastern MS admissions.  So, [b]now we can say that the Black and Hispanic students who got selected were not chosen because of their stellar qualifications but due to other factors.[/b]

Will they be able to do the work? Well, since they were not the top students,  they certainly will drag down the pace and rigor of the entire class.  Is that a terrible thing? I don;t know. You do not have to be intelligent to become the president of the US, so who are we to say that mediocre URM students should not at least get the stamp of magnet programs on them, even if they can't perform?  After all US is not meritocracy anymore, it is idiocracy.

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No, we can't. Or rather, we can say anything, but the facts don't back it up.

With your assumption that black and Hispanic students in the magnet programs are mediocre and will drag down the entire class -- please stay far away from the magnet programs.[/quote]

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