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NP. I don't think Jawando is a jerk, but the reason I will never vote for him is that prior to him being a candidate for council, he filed a civil right complaint against MCPS because HE WAS NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS A LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM. Think about that. And then think about that once he was on the council, I don't think he has proposed anything regarding making the immersion program more "equitable".[/quote]

Putting a lie in all caps does not make it true. The complaint was about MCPD not publicizing language immersion programs to Black and Latino students.

Civil rights complaint alleges inequity in schools’ language immersion programs - The Washington Post

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What I am hearing is you REALLY dislike the idea of equity.

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And he came to that conclusion how? Because he wasn't aware of the program himself. And then when he did enter the lottery, his kid did not get in. But my point has nothing to do with equity. If anything, equity seems to be MCPS's #1 priority. But you would think that someone running for county council would know enough about the county to be aware that the school system has a language immersion program. At a certain point, your ignorance is no one's fault but your own.

"Jawando said in an interview that he and his wife only heard about the district’s language-immersion programs through a chance conversation at their daughter’s soccer game a few days before the application deadline in April.

The couple rushed to meet the deadline, wanting their daughter to become bilingual as early as possible. Jawando said in his complaint that research links language learning to higher academic achievement. Their local school in Silver Spring — Cannon Road Elementary — does not offer foreign language classes.

But their daughter was not selected for the Spanish immersion program at Rock Creek Forest Elementary, a school where the district’s report said more than 45 percent of 2013-2014 immersion applicants were siblings.

Jawando appealed the decision to school officials in May but has not heard back. He said he filed the complaint this week with the Office for Civil Rights because he believes the issue reaches well beyond his family’s experience."[/quote]

Also, maybe he really did care so much about equity in the immersion program that he would have filed the complaint even if his kid did get in. But now that he is on the council, what has he done to raise awareness about the immersion program or to make it more equitable, since he seems to care about it so much beyond his own kid not getting in?[/quote]

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