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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone know what is the real reason MCPS BOE uses lottery for CES program?
Why can't it be the consistency of performance against benchmarks in elementary school? and/or likewise consistency of performance in middle school for highschool magnet program

Are they using Lottery for selection into sports and games teams as well instead of performance benchmarks? or is the lottery exclusive for academic programs?

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I agree with you. If academic programs are lotteries. Why can't other competitive programs (like sports teams, student government positions, etc.) be lotteries. My kid didn't make the basketball team and is pretty down about it. In his opinion half the kids they took were a lot better than him. The other half were only marginally better, and he thought that if he had a week or so for the coach to see him play, that the coach would have picked him over at least 2 of the guys. Might as well move everything in mcps to a lottery since we are only concerned about equity.[/quote]

Can someone please provide counter arguments to this? I have never read anything good about the sports issue. The make up of the sports teams do not reflect the diversity of MCPS or the diversity of those trying out. A lot of Asian-American and a few Latino kids tried out for a fall sport at our school but zero made it. The teams are all white or black. [/quote]

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