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First, I aware of studies that say it is not harmful to the high SES student, but I have never heard of a study that says it is beneficial for a high SES student to commute to a low SES high school.  (And the former are questionable.)

So I would love to see one of the studies to which you referred.

Nonetheless, it wouldn’t change my view.  It seems if it is beneficial to everyone to commingle Wilson, Roosevelt, and Coolidge students, then it would be a social injustice not to intermingle Roosevelt, Coolidge, Ballou, and Anacostia instead.[/quote]

Translation:  Show me data that refutes my preconceived notions.  Wait, you actually have data? Well, f that.  I'm gonna ignore the data because [word salad].[/quote].

+1. What would be the bet benefit of commingling 4 HIGH poverty schools?[/quote]

Look, the most vocal advocates for merging the populations of Wilson and EOTP high schools are people living EOTP that want access to Wilson without moving.

The point is that if it is good for students to be in more racially and economically diverse schools, then why aren’t the EOTP schools wanting to merge with EOTR schools?  Wouldn’t that have benefits for the students at Ballou and Anacostia?  But, funny, people seem to only want the integration to go in one direction...[/quote]

I live EoTP and would send my kids to West, Roosevelt, or Coolidge. I probably would have to visit Ballou. I have a coworker who went to Ballou. Based on her stories, they rarely had a full day of school on year because kids kept pulling the fire alarms. If there is still that level of disruption than it isn’t worth my time to take my kid there for school. I think there are behavioral problems that administrators can’t or don’t want to fix. There are behavioral nightmares I don’t want my kid to put up with there. Granted, Ballou May have improved since my coworker went there. I don’t know any current parents or students there.[/quote]

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