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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's interesting that calls to defund the magnets are coming just as MCPS has taken action to make admissions more equitable.

It's almost as if certain folks would rather see a system dismantled than integrated. [/quote]

Admissions to magnets are already plenty equitable but [b]it will not end achievement gap[/b]. Why? The majority of students are too far behind in basic education to do well in the admission test or within the magnet program.   Money and effort needs to be spent to give all children a RIGOROUS education from pre-school and ES onwards.

Most of the students do not need a magnet program which should be for the highest achieving interested students only.  But, all students need a comprehensive rigorous education with textbooks and a curriculum. Also, extend the school year and the school day so that EC activities and tutoring can happen at the school itself.  Test the students, track the students and make parents a partner in ensuring discipline in the classroom. The restorative justice is not helping anyone.

Fighting to make magnet schools "equitable" is basically a distraction created so most people do not fight for better education within regular programing in MCPS.  Think of magnet program as an elective plastic surgery procedure. It is useless when you need a heart transplant. MCPS students need better education period. The magnet program is miniscule and does not make any difference in bridging the achievement gap.

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Magnets aren't there to end the achievement gap.

But no, admissions are not "plenty equitable."[/quote]

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