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[quote=Anonymous]Total mix.   Many more conservatives than I expected for a DC public school, but liberals are still predominant.  Also more military, police, firefighters, etc. than I expected.

Very racially diverse, at least in grades 2-4.  Lower grades far more white and 5th grade almost all AA.  Lots of mixed race families.

No racial tension at the school-- at least not with the kids!  Kids play with each other very well.  However, I've seen parents get into racially tinged arguments.  But at least people feel free to talk about these things and I believe that is healthy.

I fear for the future of the school though.  It is likely to become far less diverse in grades PreK -4 since the boundry area has crazy expensive rents.

And without a good middle school to directly feed into, the only kids that seem to attend Brent for 5th grade are OOB kids that must have horrible middle school options for their neighborhood.

Anyway, it's going to be pretty economically homogeneous at Brent very soon if the city doesn't find a way to help low-income folks afford to live in the Brent area.[/quote]

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