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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

There are several PPs on here who keep saying that it's NOT OK for this proposed Wash. Hebrew to appeal to a limited subset of DC residents (affluent people! smart people!) .... but it is most certainly OK that other charters appeal to a limited subset of DC residents since, you know, they're downtrodden.

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I have to be frank: you have the brain of a flea, and that's totally separate from however smart you think the school's students will be. You actually posted, for everybody to see, that in  your view this school should cater to the rich and smart.

My kid went to Latin for a few years, and I can tell you from experience that hostility towards "elitist" charters is alive and well. The concerns range from "NW families don't need another great option" to "charters in general subtract the rich kids, and a Latin school would subtract rich kids more than you average charter."  As others (not me) have pointed out, Latin succeeds because it has a broad mandate that isn't linked to a particular religion, it follows a curriculum that has a fairly wide historical appeal, and because most of the kids are minority so far.

Somebody from this school needs to get in touch with you and tell you to shut your trap, before you do even more damage.[/quote]

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