Why racial segregation is unacceptable but socioeconomic segregation is ok in private schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I wanted socioeconomic diversity I would put my kids in some terrible public school.

Yes, because that is not acceptable in private schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I wanted socioeconomic diversity I would put my kids in some terrible public school.

Yes, because that is not acceptable in private schools.

Who would pay for it? If the millions in annual financial aid is not enough for you. Where would the money come from to make private school free?

We already have public schools for that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP were you born yesterday? Public schools are way more segregated than private on this axis. Private schools are paying millions per year for socioeconomic diversity through financial aid. Meanwhile home prices and NIMBY behavior are keeping good public schools behind locked gates for most.

+1 private schools really don’t need to be offering financial aid yet are throwing millions into it annually. If anything, financial aid is way too generous and should be cut back. Let the public schools do their jobs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok?

I think it’s great. There is enough diversity with scholarships and other things like that given to particularly meritorious students. This is how it should be. I live in an extremely expensive area with high-end real estate, but our local MCPS high school is a disaster because you simply cannot keep out lower income families where the kids have real behavioral issues. It’s very scary, there is violence, shootings, kids with ankle monitoring bands and more. This is not good for the kids. And although my kids are not being raised in a bubble, I like that most of their friends can have similar lifestyle to them and aspire to the same type of lives as grown-ups. People in this country really underestimate how mixing up so economic diversity is also difficult for the kids. We need to stop using kids social experiments and aspire to better.

Your kids are being raised in a bubble. Own it.

Why wouldn't parents want that? Own it? It's by design for their safety and protection. Why don't you raise your own kids better?

[Anonymous]

Interesting. It seems that socioeconomic segregation is not a problem at all for most parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. It seems that socioeconomic segregation is not a problem at all for most parents.

Why would it be? Most parents segregate themselves. You included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. It seems that socioeconomic segregation is not a problem at all for most parents.

Why would it be? The bar to entry in private school is not high enough. We would like it to be more exclusive than it already is.

[Anonymous]

As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

The top DC privates are not overrun with poor kids on financial aid and you know it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

The top DC privates are not overrun with poor kids on financial aid and you know it.

Why would they be overrun? If that's the experience they want they can stay in the public schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

The top DC privates are not overrun with poor kids on financial aid and you know it.

So true!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

The top DC privates are not overrun with poor kids on financial aid and you know it.

Some of us would say so. Financial aid is extremely generous.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

The top DC privates are not overrun with poor kids on financial aid and you know it.

Some of us would say so. Financial aid is extremely generous.

At Sidwell, 77 percent of student are full pay at $60k while the other 23 percent pay on average $20k. How “generous” is that? The average “poor” kid pays $20k a year for high school.

What a joke. These are rich kid schools. Full stop. And everyone knows it, including the kids. I did not want that for my own rich kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a rich person myself I cannot stand private school parents. They absolutely positively think their kids are too special to go to school with kids without money and don’t think their kids can possibly learn something and be better off from the experience. It’s pathetic.

That is why financial aid programs exist. Not sure what your beef is.

The top DC privates are not overrun with poor kids on financial aid and you know it.

Some of us would say so. Financial aid is extremely generous.

At Sidwell, 77 percent of student are full pay at $60k while the other 23 percent pay on average $20k. How “generous” is that? The average “poor” kid pays $20k a year for high school.

What a joke. These are rich kid schools. Full stop. And everyone knows it, including the kids. I did not want that for my own rich kids.

It is incredible they offer so much financial aid. The average financial aid kid is hardly paying anything.