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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying to think outside the box to resolve the educational disparities of MCPS, seems some schools consistently perform better, likely due to the insular nature of the well to population attending those schools.

It’s time we finally do something instead of complaining about it. Children of lesser means should have the same educational opportunity as the wealthy and the well off children would really grow if they expanded their multicultural experiences and exposures.

So this isn’t really an innovation because it’s been done before in other places but should we start to advocate for diversified schools... we already have a robust busing system all we need to do is end the practice of local based schooling (which sadly has its roots in segregation, yet has persisted). Amazing how that segregation remains today in schools, albeit more ‘economic’ than race based but we all know pervasive institutional racial discrimination leads to economic disparities and that translates to the reduced educational opportunity in the local school where the victims of systemic generational racism attend.

It cannot be that hard to develop a computer model which will place students in schools to create a balance in the schools of the wonderful diversity we have in the county. What a truly enriching experience it would be for all our young students. The only challenges I see would be potentially longer school bus commutes but I think this one is workable. We already have many of the ‘gifted’ program students traveling cross county. Sure another challenge will be some will complain, but like all change once instituted they’d get used to it.

Let’s have a good discussion and start to make our schools better for all. Please no haters here, the first step to advantageous change is constructive dialogue.

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My child is in one of the local CES programs. His BFF lives in our neighborhood,  but only because his parent is on disability housing program. The BFF doesn't go to the local school (which is an excellent es) but is bussed OUT to a much "lesser" school  for either behavioral problems,  special reading program or both. The BFF has no observable behavior problems in the neighborhood,  in fact the opposite.

BFFs parent has not had the same opportunities and privileges in life as I have. The parent does not understand the importance of advocating for the children, does not go to the school events like back to school night. Does not supplement the education the child gets at school by adding extra books, talking about the curriculum and connecting the child to additional resources, etc. The BFF accused my child of "showing off" for using mildly advanced words in conversation.  The parent does not speak "proper queens English" conversationally.

The fundamental difference between where my child is, academically,  and the BFF is related to what goes on at home.

We can bus kids all over the state, but that will not solve the root of the problem. I would rephrase the initial question to: how can we solve the education barrier by enabling more parents at home.[/quote]

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