Anonymous
Post 03/22/2025 07:09     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Anonymous wrote:It's surprising all the different things different school districts are removing or talking about removing


It’s because the schools offer all these frills & extraneous stuff but many kids are not learning the basics. It’s like a beautiful car that has a great sound system, heated seats, & enormous cargo capacity, but doesn’t reliably get you to work.

Every other president complained about the performance of public schools, but did little to improve things.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 21:09     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone know if that department in central office was cut? That’s a decent number of CO positions. Was that already cut in the initial CO cuts?


Idk but that would not make up for 112 million.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 21:01     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Does anyone know if that department in central office was cut? That’s a decent number of CO positions. Was that already cut in the initial CO cuts?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 21:01     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
They even mentioned that it would cover getting rid of testing or modifying selection processes for competitive admissions in order to ensure a better racial balance. They were talking mostly about colleges but would magnets apply?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 21:00     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
It's surprising all the different things different school districts are removing or talking about removing
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 20:58     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Would this also mean the central office equity and inclusion department would also be done? Did they make the budget cuts?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 20:46     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Anonymous wrote:When did the 14 day clock start?


Based on this,
https://apnews.com/article/dei-critical-race-theory-colleges-diversity-db8317ad37931558dd5a396cf5ab3d42
It seems that the clocked started on Friday, 2/14, so the deadline would be 2/28.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 20:24     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Anonymous wrote:Or cut the DEI positions (per the order) and don’t lose all of those federally- funded programs.


If only it was that simple. It seems like it's much broader than just cutting the whole equity office.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 20:23     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
When did the 14 day clock start?
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 19:34     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this in the MCPS forum?


Not OP but this is relevant given Trump's directive from the Education department to schools, to eliminate DEI or they will lose funding. This could impact MCPS if they decide to take a stand.


I am surprised MCPS hasn't addressed this in an e-mail yet.


Probably waiting for guidance from the state.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 17:46     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Why is this in the MCPS forum?


Not OP but this is relevant given Trump's directive from the Education department to schools, to eliminate DEI or they will lose funding. This could impact MCPS if they decide to take a stand.


I am surprised MCPS hasn't addressed this in an e-mail yet.
Anonymous
Post 02/18/2025 17:18     Subject: NYT says West Point disbanded affinity orgs but what does that mean for K12 school districts
I think it's 112.8 million total for programs like childfind, headstart, etc. and an additional 42 million for the national lunch program?