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[quote=Anonymous]I know that people love the school (evident on this forum as well as the listserv) but anybody willing to give really honest and anonymous feedback about things you don't like?  Or what do you love about it, that surprised you?

Any predictions on the direction of the school within the next five to ten years?

Do you know of any parents who decided to pull their kid out and go the private route?

And not to cause any big debates about race and socio-economic status, but is difference in income very evident among the children and does this cause any social problems? (I'm sorry, I'm such an ignorant new parent.) I ask because the town of UP has a high average household income level, but UPES has 55% of students on free/reduced lunch. So given that the town of UP is over 70% white but UPES students are less than 30% white, you can connect the dots that perhaps income is correlated with race at the school and therefore children might pick up on that as well. Does this create a lot of divide?  What about among the parents?  FYI, our family is non-white.

Thanks, I appreciate any insight! (We do plan on sending our child to UPES in a few years, but are not financially limited to public school. I always thought UPES would be a given, but now as a paranoid parent, I just want to do the best for my child.)[/quote]

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