Latin - diversity

[Anonymous]

I walked by Latin during their recess and really surprised by the lack of diversity at school. There is some diversity but if kids are admitted by random lottery across the city, it didn’t seem diverse enough at a quick glance. What gives?

[Anonymous]

Sibling preference + It's a Capitol Hill school.

[Anonymous]

What campus did you visit or is it the same for both 2nd Street and Cooper Campuses? Will diversity change when Cooper moves to new building with better access to public transportation and more visibility from North Capitol Street?

Used to wonder about School within School (SWS), which is a citywide school, but at one point the school wasn’t very diverse.

What is the marketing for Latin? Seems like a good school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I walked by Latin during their recess and really surprised by the lack of diversity at school. There is some diversity but if kids are admitted by random lottery across the city, it didn’t seem diverse enough at a quick glance. What gives?

Nothing gives. Amen. High SES families, mostly white in this particular city, pay taxes and need decent schools for their children just as much as low SES/URMs.

The Ward 6 middle school problem is real. Why don't you complain about that? We don't need your quick glances, thanks, not when it's a no brainer that we need a second Alice Deal here in Ward 6 that we'll never get.

[Anonymous]

One would think that there would be a lot of Ward 4 and Ward 5 students based on the locations of both campuses.

[Anonymous]

Cooper didn't even fill their 5th grade EA seats on lottery day. Which means every EA kid who wanted a seat got one. But look at you, out there finding problems that don't exist. You're the envy of all your faux liberal elite friends I imagine.

[Anonymous]

Agree. I agree high SES families should have equal access. I’m just curious how a city wide lottery would create this outcome. I’d expect it to be more racially and economically diverse. Curious about their marketing as well.

[Anonymous]

Maybe look at who is applying to the school through the lottery to get an idea of why it looks that way. As a PP said, there just weren't more lower SES families who applied to Cooper since all the EA seats that were set aside weren't even filled.

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of hardworking diverse families that would not qualify for EA seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One would think that there would be a lot of Ward 4 and Ward 5 students based on the locations of both campuses.

+1

I wouldn’t think of this as a Capitol Hill school. I live a three minute drive from the school in ward 4 and would much prefer that to my in-boundary middle school. And the area of Ward 4 where the original Latin campus is is diverse.

[Anonymous]

Confused by the Capitol Hill reference. Ward 4 is extremely diverse. Not sure Latin is doing enough to inform all Ward 4 residents though.

[Anonymous]

Latin demographics mirror that of the city. So not sure what you are referring to as lack of diversity. Are there a lot of white kids? Yes, because almost half of the city is white. I think the high school at Latin is 35% white.

[Anonymous]

I see a diverse group from Latin at fort Totten metro every morning.

[Anonymous]

I’d think it would look more DCI. Latin high school is 46% black but middle school is 28% black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree. I agree high SES families should have equal access. I’m just curious how a city wide lottery would create this outcome. I’d expect it to be more racially and economically diverse. Curious about their marketing as well.

It's not a lottery where everyone plays and gets chosen by lottery to go to any school. Parents make selections. The demographics you see are a direct result of parent selection -- not school selection. Could Latin market only in neighborhoods that are majority low-income and minority? Yes but word of mouth and historic reputation is still going to likely yield high SES parents choosing Latin at high rates.