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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inflammatory would be posting it in the private school forum.[/quote]

That's why I thought there would be a more dispassionate audience here : )

This issue also I think impacts public school choice. In other words, whether or not (and there are arguments on both sides) or the extent to which a kid from a MC/UMC family can have the same opportunities/success at a school where there are challenges not faced to the same degree as other schools (e.g., hunger, resources, English literacy), significant socioeconomic diversity, and so on, due to parental involvement or supplementing. I personally struggle with this as a parent. I know it's been debated ad nauseum here.[/quote]
I think there is a tipping point at which having too many low income students may become a disadvantage to that MC/UMC child in the form of low income students needing more attention from faculty/staff to possibly not having a big enough academic peer group.

IMO, that tipping point is anything above 25 to 30%.  Others may feel differently.  I also think some SES diversity is a good thing, however, not from an education perspective, but just from a exposure to diversity perspective.[/quote]

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