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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We should unpack this a little bit.  To start with, I think the original question is a bit offensive. I should hope that people are not merely looking at race to determine anything about the quality of a school.  Not all that helpful, even in DC.

But this whole thing about school choice versus civic responsibility:  isn't it just a really complicated weighing of trade offs and priorities?  And every family will weigh those trade offs differently, even for different siblings in the same family.  Proximity, easy commute, arts focus, science focus, diverse teaching staff, diverse student body, particular curriculum, a trusted principal, a renovated building, green space, family friends who also go there, ability to carpool, proximity to work, a good music program, a well run k run after care program, a safe neighborhood, and on and on and on.

These are all things that people may weigh differently.  And please don't misunderstand that being committed to a struggling neighborhood school and being willing to make trade offs in the early years will almost certainly change by the middle school years.  The calculus becomes completely different.

I have no point to make except that judging others as "not caring about the community, the city, poor kids etc". Or conversely judging that they " are sacrificing their own children to a social experiment and are therefore bad parents" is soooooo unhelpful. Especially when it is impossible to know all of the weighing of priorities and trade offs that went into a particular family's decision. 
If you have a policy level problem with school choice, argue that.  But no one should judge others for exercising choice when it is available ( including a choice to value civic responsibility and community building above other factors)[/quote]

What are you doing on this thread?!  Don't you understand that you're far too reasonable for this slime-fest?[/quote]

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