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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am as race-blind as MCPS is.  Racial composition is not a goal, but a result, right?   [/quote]

I think diversity is a goal for MCPS.  But one result of that is reduced Asian participation in the magnets because more seats are opening up for other children who qualify and who might have been overlooked before.  You would think that would also reduce the number of white participants but I'm not sure that it did.[/quote]

Apparently, MCPS cannot select directly on race because that is strictly illegal.  So they did a workaround by "cohort", effectively excluding students from the 270 corridor.  These students, for cultural and geographic reasons, have previously comprised the backbone of both middle and HS magnets.  However, since there is no race-based selection, MCPS ended up with reasonably accomplished students from East of the county.  For cultural and geographic reasons, that resulted in fewer Asian students and more white students.   [b]Numbers of black and hispanic students [/b][b]remained steady[/b].[/quote]

I agree with the assessment above, however, I always thought that 'closing the achievement gap' meant attracting more black and Hispanic students to the magnets. How come MCPS failed to do that?[/quote]

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