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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not pp but I’ll tell you why all schools should be diverse. Because the opposite of all schools being diverse is all schools being basically homogeneous. And when all schools are homogeneous,[b] [/b]the schools that are white/Asian end up with better resources [b]than the schools that are black/Hispanic. They have PTAs that raise $100k a year, they have dozens of after-school activities, etc. Meanwhile at the poorer schools, teachers are forced to send out GoFundMe’s to their family and friends to supply their classrooms. It’s called “separate but equal,” and it never really ended.[/quote]

This is ridiculous.

Can you explain why you feel that all White/Asian families in MCPS are rich and 'have more resources'?  Do you really think all the Asian families in MCPS are wealthy?  There are PLENTY of lower-income Asian kids in Montgomery County.  Plenty.

And, we are at a Focus school.  None of our teachers have ever sent out GoFundMe's.  We actually get a good amount of extra money and resources from MCPS.  We have smaller class sizes.  The teachers do a ton of outreach to the lower income apartments in our cluster.

Lower income students in MCPS are given plenty of opportunity to succeed if they choose to.  Families that do take advantage of these programs will see their kids doing well.

Simply busing kids to different schools will NOT fix the Achievement Gap for MCPS.  [/quote]

It all starts with the families people.  If the family supports education, then the child will thrive.  If the family just wants to sit back and coast and not support their kid, then the kid will fail.  The reason kids in the W district succeed is because their families support them by getting involved with volunteering and supporting them with homework, etc.  Sadly a lot of the lower income families either are overwhelmed with work schedules or are dealing with addiction problems.  I've seen both situations.[/quote]

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