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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are afraid they child will be pummeled in high-school by a group of black students running amok on campus.  Why jump from pre-k to high-school, you forget that whites will crowd all of their children into Deal so they will not have to bother with the one and only syndrome at the middle school level.[/quote]

DC has new whites moving into predominately black neighborhoods now that aren’t zoned for Deal/Wilson.  They will have no choice but to send their kids to other middle/high schools. Soon it will be enough of them going to a neighborhood school where they will feel more comfortable. I was surprised by how many whites were at my child’s play date social for Powell. [/quote]

I was one of those white parents at the Powell thing for the youngest kids. Hi!

To us, integration matters, and we want to live in a city that works for everybody. With regard to high school, we'd send our kid to whatever school was a good fit, and if the kid likes math/tech in 10 years, it could be McKinley/Banneker, sure.  Or somewhere else, but I wouldn't judge a place like Banneker contrary to its successes because of who goes (or doesn't go) there.

On teenagers and crime, sure some kids are delinquents, but they were at my rural school too and no one said we needed to leave town/quit school.  Basically we'll judge the best for our kids, but we'll do it based on reality, not dwelling on someone else's fears or the past, and believe that everyone being in this together helps build a place we want to live in.
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Kumbaya, my Lord. Kumbaya...[/quote]

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