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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not sure about the legal merits of this case. But I’m starting to feel like this “equity” business is going to be the school busing of our generation. I’m all in favor of expanding access to gifted programs to underrepresented groups. But doing that through destroying existing programs is just really nihilistic. EXPAND the accelerated options; don’t water them down or exclude qualified students. 
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Instead of expanding the opportunities to all students, I wonder why they deny opportunities to highly abled to promote some groups. Is this their politics?[/quote]

They don't. In fact, admissions to these programs are race-blind, and it's why some demographic groups which currently take up over half the seats in these programs while others that are even larger are closer to 5%...[/quote]

So why are they not providing magnet opportunities for highly abled and only focus on certain groups? Aren't they suppose to provide opportunities for all children? [/quote]
There are opportunities for all kids. But perhaps not the opportunity you think Larla so obviously deserves.[/quote]

can you elaborate on what do you mean by that? They are picking and choosing kids for magnet and highly abled students not afforded the opportunities in magnet programs why?[/quote]

When there’s enough highly able students in a grade level at a specific school, they can be grouped into one (or two classes) and served in their own neighborhood. There are several advantages to this. For example, students are spared a long commute to/from the magnet location. This allows more sleep in the morning and time for more extra curricular in the afternoon. Also, students can more easily maintain relationships with neighborhood peers. This can be especially important for middle schoolers since not all highly gifted students go on to a high school magnet.[/quote]

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