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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most charters have attrition, especially those you don't see talked about much on these boards. Families are usually trying to 'trade up' to what they perceive as a better school.

The school is Title 1 and 61% of children are considered at risk (to be considered at risk, the family must qualify them for TANF or nutrition assistance, the child is in foster care, or is homeless). That, [b]plus the fact that 91% of students are African American or Black and 15 are white seems to scare some people off[/b].

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People don't like to address this head on but.... do you want your child to be in the minority? I'm ok with it for preschool but would love to have a more diverse school as my child moves up. I'm hoping that more families will decide to stay through early elementary. [/quote]

I should hope that minority is fine, there are almost no schools with white majorities here if any. Being literally the only one ... I guess you have to feel that out as time goes by and see how it is for your child. If your race is 15% that seems fine, I think the problem is by 2nd grade it's more like .001%.
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