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Thank you.

This is the main issue with MCPS. May not be PC to say it but I have no doubt. [/quote]

What do you expect MCPS to do about undocumented immigration?  MCPS specifically. Not any other level of government. Specifically MCPS. [/quote]

I honestly don't think there's anything MCPS can do. MCPS's job is not enforce or take side (whether to support or against) on immigration policy. Its job is simple - educate the MCPS kids. And from social justice standpoint, it may be the right thing to do - supporting kids and families who want to have a better life here. But regardless of whether you support the undocumented immigrants or not, you can't deny the impacts it has on the school system. [b][u]W schools are always protected t[/u]hanks to people with money and influence.[/b].. Really smart kids are somewhat protected as long as MCPS continues to fund magnets. For the rest of us, well, I don't know... [/quote]

NP here.  I wonder about the bolded above, whether that can remain the case into the future,[b] particularly as the newer arrivals gain an increasing share of the **local** political pie[/b].  See, for example, local districts in California and Florida and Prince Georges County, Md.

For the moment, it is of course anathema to even say aloud words like "choice" and "buses" and "lottery."    If demographic trends cited in that Brookings PP continue (and they certainly will),[b] eastern MoCo will increasingly elect their preferred candidates on both the County council and the School Board.  [/b] It is no stretch to predict that those elected officials will be less dedicated to preserving the current super-strong geographic attendance model that ensures the present two-tier school system.

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Well, if most of the people that the other PPs are referring to are illegals, then they can't vote.[/quote]

As I said, [u]look to local (and statewide) elections in California, local elections in southern Florida,[/u] and local elections in Texas, too.   Soon, the anchor babies and DREAM children of undocumented immigrants grow up and vote.  And run their nominate and elect preferred candidates.    It doesn't happen in a week, but it will surely happen.

As a voting bloc, it helps to join forces with sympathetic, non-immigrant voters -- of which there are plenty in MoCo -- to elect your candidate.  [/quote]

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