Parent: How many classes do you have of each grade level?
Me: Kinder through fourth grade, we have three. Each class has 22 kids. 66 total per class -
:: parent whips out a notebook ::
Parent: According to my count, your current Kindergarten has 25 girls and 41 boys.
Me: Okay.
Parent: And your first grade has 36 girls and 30 boys.
Me: Okay.
Parent: And your second grade has 27 girls and 39 boys.
Me: Okay?
Parent: And your third grade has 43 girls and 23 boys.
Me: I’m not sure I understand your point.
Parent: I want to know why the numbers of boys and girls are not more even.
Me: Because the lottery is random. All qualified students have equal chance of getting selected.
Parent: There is nothing in the algorithm that accounts for gender?
Me: Nope.
Parent: What about race, ethnicity, or matrix score?
Me: Not even a little bit. All qualified applicants are treated equally in the system.
Parent: So, how are student’s selected?
Me: Randomly.
Me: Kinder through fourth grade, we have three. Each class has 22 kids. 66 total per class -
:: parent whips out a notebook ::
Parent: According to my count, your current Kindergarten has 25 girls and 41 boys.
Me: Okay.
Parent: And your first grade has 36 girls and 30 boys.
Me: Okay.
Parent: And your second grade has 27 girls and 39 boys.
Me: Okay?
Parent: And your third grade has 43 girls and 23 boys.
Me: I’m not sure I understand your point.
Parent: I want to know why the numbers of boys and girls are not more even.
Me: Because the lottery is random. All qualified students have equal chance of getting selected.
Parent: There is nothing in the algorithm that accounts for gender?
Me: Nope.
Parent: What about race, ethnicity, or matrix score?
Me: Not even a little bit. All qualified applicants are treated equally in the system.
Parent: So, how are student’s selected?
Me: Randomly.
