Anonymous wrote:
I'm sure if they could make it all 30% they would. But without sending kids across county, they can't, so they'll do the next best thing.
If they didn't want diversity as a goal, then why give it more weight than the other factors?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I don't think most of these white parents care about color so much as not wanting too many lower income kids who tend take resources away from the other kids, and because they don't want their kids on longer bus rides than necessary.
I'm Asian American btw, and don't live in a W cluster.
I'm not sure what's best to close the achievement gap - a smaller class size that Title 1 schools get or a 30+person class size with more wealthy kids. I"m no expert in this area, but I would think lower income kids who get lost in a large class size wouldn't benefit all that much from being surrounded by a few wealthy students.
I am aware of the study that shows that when a lower income student goes to school where the FARMs rate is about 25%, they do better than going to a school with a much higher FARMS rate, but given that the majority of the students on FARMs live on one side of the county, how is MCPS going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs (which reflects the total county) without long distance busing?
Nobody is proposing to do this.
BOE is proposing to do this as much as possible.
Link, please?
? What do you think the goal is to put more weight on diversity than the other three factors? Does everything need to be perfectly laid out for you? Are you not good at making inferences?
I think that's circular reasoning: MCPS is going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs; I know this because I know that MCPS is going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs.
Anonymous wrote:This petition states that it was created by Katya Simon. Before signing, I would like to know what schools (cluster) she is part of. This is important to me because the county is huge and I can’t confirm that I share her interests and needs without this information.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I don't think most of these white parents care about color so much as not wanting too many lower income kids who tend take resources away from the other kids, and because they don't want their kids on longer bus rides than necessary.
I'm Asian American btw, and don't live in a W cluster.
I'm not sure what's best to close the achievement gap - a smaller class size that Title 1 schools get or a 30+person class size with more wealthy kids. I"m no expert in this area, but I would think lower income kids who get lost in a large class size wouldn't benefit all that much from being surrounded by a few wealthy students.
I am aware of the study that shows that when a lower income student goes to school where the FARMs rate is about 25%, they do better than going to a school with a much higher FARMS rate, but given that the majority of the students on FARMs live on one side of the county, how is MCPS going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs (which reflects the total county) without long distance busing?
Nobody is proposing to do this.
BOE is proposing to do this as much as possible.
Link, please?
? What do you think the goal is to put more weight on diversity than the other three factors? Does everything need to be perfectly laid out for you? Are you not good at making inferences?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This petition states that it was created by Katya Simon. Before signing, I would like to know what schools (cluster) she is part of. This is important to me because the county is huge and I can’t confirm that I share her interests and needs without this information.
But what would that prove? Not everyone in each cluster has the same values. Do you hope she is in a W cluster and you can just dismiss her as a privileged racist? If she is part of a poorer cluster and opposes busing, would that give her greater credibility and make her preference for neighborhood schools "acceptable" to you?
From a simply google search, there appears to be a Katya Simon in Gaithersburg. I don't know if this is accurate, or if this is the same person. But I still don't see how this would be relevant.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
FYI:
One of the only people to vote for the busing all over the place options was the STUDENT MEMBER. Why is a student from MCPS's allowed to participate and be a voting member of the board of education? I find that completely absurd. He is not at all answerable to the voters.
Because the law says so. If you don't like what the law says, contact your state-level elected officials about changing the law.
Anonymous wrote:This petition states that it was created by Katya Simon. Before signing, I would like to know what schools (cluster) she is part of. This is important to me because the county is huge and I can’t confirm that I share her interests and needs without this information.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I don't think most of these white parents care about color so much as not wanting too many lower income kids who tend take resources away from the other kids, and because they don't want their kids on longer bus rides than necessary.
I'm Asian American btw, and don't live in a W cluster.
I'm not sure what's best to close the achievement gap - a smaller class size that Title 1 schools get or a 30+person class size with more wealthy kids. I"m no expert in this area, but I would think lower income kids who get lost in a large class size wouldn't benefit all that much from being surrounded by a few wealthy students.
I am aware of the study that shows that when a lower income student goes to school where the FARMs rate is about 25%, they do better than going to a school with a much higher FARMS rate, but given that the majority of the students on FARMs live on one side of the county, how is MCPS going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs (which reflects the total county) without long distance busing?
Nobody is proposing to do this.
BOE is proposing to do this as much as possible.
Link, please?
? What do you think the goal is to put more weight on diversity than the other three factors? Does everything need to be perfectly laid out for you? Are you not good at making inferences?
Anonymous wrote:
FYI:
One of the only people to vote for the busing all over the place options was the STUDENT MEMBER. Why is a student from MCPS's allowed to participate and be a voting member of the board of education? I find that completely absurd. He is not at all answerable to the voters.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
I don't think most of these white parents care about color so much as not wanting too many lower income kids who tend take resources away from the other kids, and because they don't want their kids on longer bus rides than necessary.
I'm Asian American btw, and don't live in a W cluster.
I'm not sure what's best to close the achievement gap - a smaller class size that Title 1 schools get or a 30+person class size with more wealthy kids. I"m no expert in this area, but I would think lower income kids who get lost in a large class size wouldn't benefit all that much from being surrounded by a few wealthy students.
I am aware of the study that shows that when a lower income student goes to school where the FARMs rate is about 25%, they do better than going to a school with a much higher FARMS rate, but given that the majority of the students on FARMs live on one side of the county, how is MCPS going to try to make all the schools about 30% FARMs (which reflects the total county) without long distance busing?
Nobody is proposing to do this.
BOE is proposing to do this as much as possible.
Link, please?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
For some people it's about real estate. If home prices fall, many people will be upside down on their loans and most normal middle class families don't have the means to sell at that point.
And why would home prices fall?