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2. Centrist Dem/ Moderate Liberal Republican - Realize that Whitman is already established to support high performing students but needs more minority representation. Also realize that bussing poor and low performing minorities from far away into Whitman is going to leave them stranded on an island and not be popular with the minorities you are trying to bus in either. Instead expand the minority scholars program and offer COSAs into Whitman to any minorities who are scoring in the upper 90s and at a lower performing school. Increase minority representation without creating stereotypes that minorities underperform. Give the equity opportunity to minority students who have the capability and desire to take advantage of the opportunity. 
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Hold up, record-scratch here. What are you talking about on Whitman? It's not "established to support high performing students." It's not a merit-based magnet program. It has boundaries that include a lot of well-off to very well-off to out and out rich families who have a ton of money to pour into the school, but it's a public school like any other. Many of the kids may be very smart because they come from very smart parents who are educated and privileged enough to have the resources to support their kids' educations, but there's nothing inherently special about the school that means it should only accept out-of-bounds students who are super-high achievers. If you live in-bounds, you get to go there. Why on earth would you assume that minority kids would have to test in if there were some deliberate desegregation efforts?[/quote]

Seems we are getting rid of all the actual test in programs...now we are going to make Whittman test in?[/quote]

Only for deserving minority students (so as not to create stereotypes). People with enough money to live in areas zoned for Whitman still get to send their kids there like normal. I guess? It's definitely one of the eye-rollier posts on this forum today.[/quote]

Totally the wrong approach. We need to focus on improving all schools and not limit students to their neighborhood school. [/quote]

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