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1.   I was aiming for economic diversity and Damascus at 29% FARMs is at the intermediate level where the FARMs students should be helped being in a diverse school.     In addition the 30% AA + Hispanic fraction of Damascus makes it more diverse than any of the W schools.   (Although the white fraction at Damascus is high, the Asian fraction is low, so the white + Asian fraction is much lower than any of the W schools.)

2.    Are you saying that MCPS is not interested in improving academic performance to reduce the achievement gap?    That would be news to me, but perhaps you can say why you believe this.

3.    All MCPS schools provide the same curriculum.    There are people in Bethesda and Potomac who believe that their schools provide better education because the students are with high-performing cohorts.[/quote]

Right.

When it's an issue that benefits people who own property in Bethesda and Potomac, it's, "The high schools in Bethesda and Potomac are better!"

When it's an issue that doesn't benefit people who own property in Bethesda and Potomac, it's, "All of the high schools in MCPS have the same curriculum!"[/quote]

Some people consider those schools better because of various reasons NOT including BETTER CURRICULUM. 
 
I don't think anyone would really have problems understanding these simple arguments.

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So, the schools are better? They're not all the same?[/quote]

I prefer that my child go to a W school because the student body  includes many high achievers.     If you exchanged all the students of my W school with those of say, Kennedy HS, then I would prefer my child go to Kennedy HS.   MCPS schools all have the same curriculum.[/quote]

I read this as "I prefer that my child go to a W school because the student body includes few poor people".   [/quote]

Sure. And I think that indicates you need to revisit your reading classes.
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