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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are people looking for this data as the basis for a lawsuit or something? Because it seems that MCPS can create whatever criteria it wants for admission to schools that it administers, as long as they are legal (not gender or race-based).

As an analogy, in Texas all students in the top 10% of their high school graduating classes are guaranteed admission to the University of Texas. So of course that means that many kids at lower performing schools are technically taking the place of students with higher scores and grades from more competitive high schools who didn't place in the top 10% of their classes. But Texas is allowed to do this because they're their schools and it helps provide opportunity to kids outside the usual wealthy suburbs. [/quote]

So what. Some kids start college taking remedial math and others taking multivariable calculus. They all go on to get different degrees.  Magnet schools should be the tippy top kids, not some kids of various races that don’t do as good. [/quote]

WELL.  Don't do as WELL.  Although doing good is also a good criteria.  [/quote]

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