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[quote=Anonymous]We are white, I deliberately chose a very diverse school in DCPS but one with middling test scores in the 50%.  The school had about 30-40 AA 30-40 Hispanic and rest was Asian.  The AA population shrank and the Hispanic population grew over the several years we were there and the poverty rate hovered around 60%.  It was a disaster.  The kids brought just too many issues sex, siblings with gang and drug issues, homelessnesses, parents that were just plain abusive.  Finally my kid had learning issues and while they were significant to us, they were insignificant to the school because there were so many other issues that kids had from being non-English speakers on down.  We stayed for 4 years because I thought it would get better, it did not. Teachers are people they work hard they are not miracle workers and we are asking a lot of very difficult high poverty situations.  We are now going to a Ward 3 school that has at least 40% AA  and it is so much better not just the academics but the kids themselves just have so much less baggage.   So frankly my advice go with what your class comfort level is, it will make a big difference. [/quote]

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