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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids have attended majority Hispanic DCC Elementary and middle schools. The Hispanic families value education, a lot. This and economic opportunity is why they came to the US. In my experience, they do not care about sending their kids to “elite” academic programs. They want their kids to be college prepared in schools close to home. They don’t care about parcc scores, elite colleges, etc. And if they are recent immigrants, they are used to hands off approach to education, that is school and teacher driven, not parent-driven. When MCPS figures out what these programs have to offer the typical poor and middle income Latino family (and offer more rigor at home schools so kids are prepared), maybe numbers will rise. The wealthier Hispanic families seem to strongly lean private- and are willing to sacrifice for it. They don’t want their kids on the mcps hamster wheel either.[/quote]

You can do well in school without worrying about standardized testing or getting into "elite" academic programs and colleges.
The way you show your children you value something is through your actions.
If you value family or your religion you make time for family gatherings or take your family to church etc.  
If you value education you look at your child's homework (especially in K-2), you show up for parent teacher conferences and back to school night etc.  
There is a large space between hovering over your child and having a hands off approach.
I also don't think that you have to be on a hamster wheel as you put it to get good grades especially in MCPS.[/quote]

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