A Montgomery County deputy superintendent told parents that its plan to turn poor-performing schools into magnet schools was drafted specifically to draw affluent, white students.

“The purpose of the grant is to attract white students, or higher socioeconomic students, into schools with high minority enrollment,” Eric Lang, associate superintendent for curriculum and instruction, said at a meeting of the public school system’s Special Education Advisory Committee.

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