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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what would happen to Powell in say 5 years when say 50 Gentrifier families have sent their kids there in each year.  Based on earlier posts these higher SES parents would have a really big difference.

In the past most people have just left the city when they could (if they had the money).  But right now it seems like there is a chance for a tipping point- as so many people are buying the high priced renovations.

So why I suggest is a Gentrifiera pact- where we all agree to pick one school and send our kids there.  Each year we sign up more and more parents- and when are kids are too young for school we get enough of us to help in advance of attendance.  Kind of like a pay it forward pact.

Anyone else think this could work?
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It could definitely work if you remember to all wear the uniform t-shirts that say "GREAT WHITE SAVIOR."  This way, all of you will be able to find each other when you're out and about.  Then you can compare notes while sitting in your high-priced renovated homes.[/quote]

As unsavory as you may find it, yes, white kids help make schools better on paper - which is what many people look at.  The tend to score the best on standardized tests, upping test scores for a school. Lots of education research supports this.[/quote]

Where in my 'T shirts" post does it say that I fail to understand that white children score higher than not-white children on DCCAS tests?  Of course they do.  They score higher than anyone else in the United States, as a cohort.

No, see, my issue is with the OP's loathsome attitude about how they're going to storm the targeted school and take it over with the sheer force of their awesomeness.   Their noblesse oblige, too -- she's gonna "pay it forward" for the few old-timer kids, who it is assumed do not get to enjoy high-priced renovations.

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