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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Come on. [b]People are defending their constitutional rights[/b]. Have all of you read the appeal? 
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Which constitution grants them the right not to be reassigned to a different school within their school district?[/quote]

Did you read the appeal?

The United States Supreme Court ruled that racial balancing is unconstitutional, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the [b]United States Constitution[/b].[/quote]

Well, it's a darn good thing MCPS didn't engage in racial balancing, then. Rather, they engaged in economic balancing while trying to maximize walkers.

This appeal will go nowhere, but the folks involved will be known as anti-integration types for as long as Google exists. [/quote]
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Have you read the appeal? [/b]In Montgomery County, 87% of FARMS students are Hispanic (55%) and African American (32%). When they balance out FARMS rates, there are not enough white and Asian FARMS students to be moved around. They must move Hispanic and African American students from high FARMS schools to low FARMS schools. This is exactly what they did in Clarksburg and Germantown. They moved Hispanic and African American students from Neelsville MS to Rocky Hill MS and white and Asian American students the other way. This is racial balancing. MCPS's own numbers prove it. The Superintendent may call it economic balancing but the effect is the same as racial balancing. This is using FARMS rate as a thinly-veiled proxy for race to do racial balancing. The 15-page pdf appeal goes into great detail.[/quote]

Have you read the superintendent's recommendation?

Also, no, they are not moving "Hispanic and African American students from Neelsville MS to Rocky Hill MS and white and Asian American students the other way". They are moving EVERYBODY zoned for Daly ES/Fox Chapel ES to Rocky Hill MS, and EVERYBODY zoned for Gibbs ES/in Cabin Branch to Neelsville MS.[/quote]

Once you look up the racial compositions in these schools and the final results, you will see that the Superintendent's final plan increased Hispanic and African American populations and decreased white and Asian American populations in Rocky Hill MS, and he decreased Hispanic and African American populations and increased white and Asian American populations in Neelsville MS. MCPS's numbers clearly show that. In effect, he moved Hispanic and African American students from Neelsville MS to Rocky Hill MS and white and Asian American students the other way. This is racial balancing.[/quote]

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