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“Diversity” comes to Beverly Hills High School–at what cost?
25 Apr2007
GET 5 Euro FREE FOR INTERNATIONAL CALLS!(myfoxla.com) BEVERLY HILLS — Black parents and civil rights leaders will present applications today for Beverly Hills High School’s diversity program, which was modified after complaints that it benefited few black and Latino students.
At an April 12 meeting with civil rights leaders, Superintendent Kari McVeigh extended the deadline 13 days to tomorrow and decided to stop considering applicants’ test scores, grades, writing samples and extracurricular activities in determining who is accepted. Instead, the granting of permits will be on a random basis.
The diversity permit program allows 40 students from 12 Los Angeles Unified School District middle schools to attend Beverly Hills High School, which has higher test scores, smaller classes and more Advanced Placement courses than most LAUSD schools.
On April 2, the Los Angeles Times reported that the students in the diversity permit program are mostly Asian. The next day, Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson called a news conference and wrote McVeigh, seeking to have more black and Latino students receive diversity permits. (more…)
Give it a few years and you will not be able to tell the difference between BHHS and most LAUSD (Los Angeles Unified School District) schools which rank close to last in the nation. The colleges and universities in this state tried this same thing years ago and were forced by voters to abandon it (although some of these same “leaders” are trying to force UCLA to resurrect this policy).
Bottom line: True Black progress does not come at the expense of lowering standards or abandoning test scores. These “leaders” simply lack the will to go up against teacher unions to demand for better administration of public schools here in California.
Weak and sickening!
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LLR
April 26th, 2007 at 11:10 am
At an April 12 meeting with civil rights leaders, Superintendent Kari McVeigh extended the deadline 13 days to tomorrow and decided to stop considering applicants’ test scores, grades, writing samples and extracurricular activities in determining who is accepted. Instead, the granting of permits will be on a random basis.
In the words of GWB: The soft bigotry of low expectations.
Why not help the black and latino kids get better test scores and writing samples rather than getting rid of the requirements.
The reason that a lot of schools are prestigious is because the only take the smart people. If we get rid of those requirements, they would just be regular schools.
Marty
May 3rd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
How will we ever know how much a child can flourish if we never give them the chance to. Many of the children rejected by the previous standards were tested on what they currently know and not what they can be capable of. These children need to be given the opportunity to develop mentally and socially, so by removing these prerequisites we are giving all of the applicants a better chance at a brighter tomorrow.
Duane
May 3rd, 2007 at 6:22 pm
How will we ever know how much a child can flourish if we never give them the chance to.
Great point. These children will never flourish as long as we continue telling them that unlike Whites, their skin color has eliminated their ability to study hard and get good grades. Another way to see these kids flourish is to have high expectations for them like we do for White and Asian children.
Saudia
May 4th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
This is a bunch of crap. Whatever happened to personal accountability? If they were not able to test in how do you think they will be able to handle to work once they get in. This is one of the dumbest things I have heard on in a long time. Good going civil rights leaders.