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[quote=Anonymous]We attended a title I (70% poverty) school in DC for 5 years k-4.  I did not notice any significant deficits until about 4th grade.  Before that point I noticed some issues like friends, playdates and birthdays were not easy and I think my daughter had a harder time making friends.  Around 4th grade the test prep became overwhelming because the fear of not passing the tests.  I also noticed that the majority of kids by that point had a real aversion to books.  There just was not the peer support for encouraging reading or even aspiring to more.   The parents that were more middle class also started pulling out and so that veneer of support for the PTA just collapsed.   My daughter had a learning disability but they could not address it because so many other kids had real situational deficits and they knew we would seek outside supports.

If you do go into a title one school really look at the levels of parent support especially among minority parents, if they are involved it will be a better experience. They will be empowered to help their kids.  If it is the same 10 parents that are the only middle class parents in the school doing everything I would steer clear.   The majority of poorer parents will not feel very empowered and that will show up in all kinds of ways in the classroom. [/quote]

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