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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not the parent moving to MoCo, but not sure I'm staying either.  OK, how are you defining "rich" in this context? Not FARMs? If yes, wonderful, this single mom had no idea she was rich making less than six-figures annually.

I've seen a good deal of evidence that, at the ES level, the most important developments in a child's education take place at home.  But the balance shifts away from home and toward what's happening at school the farther the kids progress.  That said, I'm sure that some kids can do well in almost any sort of school.  [b]Others will need this and that to thrive...a certain amount of special attention, support, structure, encouragement, open space, arts training, certain types of intellectual challenge, being kept away from temptation, other...girls, boys, Jews, Asians, whites, AAs, Latinos, poor students, international students, handicapped students, bilingual students etc. etc. to feel at home and to thrive academically. [/b] You sound like a Jefferson Academy booster.  Sorry, when I visited last year, I didn't want to return.

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PP here. I agree with everything you say. But none of that has anything to do with the ridiculous proposal to gerrymander most of the rich (err, "high SES") kids on Capitol Hill  into a single middle school that I have been seeing on here.

And yes, I do believe that, as a general matter, white kids on Capitol Hill are relatively rich. That doesn't mean I think your kids are.

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