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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One truth I'm gathering from this post is that high-SES or high-education parents -- their "race" being irrelevant -- seek to place their kids in a school with likewise high-SES or high-education parents, or in a public magnet school (because magnet schools require a certain achievement level).  And, the parents with a lot of disposable income will predominately choose to place their kids in a private school regardless.

Of course, it is so easy to accuse white parents of "racism" when they seek to avoid lower-performing DCPS schools (see the Hardy threads, for example), but when you see high-SES black parents doing the same thing, it puts the truth back in view. [/quote]

In general, I agree.  However, there are definitely at least a few (trolls, hopefully) who like to spew out racist/classist statements about certain schools--just check out one of the Hardy threads.[/quote]

Let's focus on this thread, where the discourse has been very civilized. I agree with both of you that, at the end of the day, parents are parientes, and we simply want the best we can offer to our kids, which will of course depend on the options available to them and to us. In this age, those options depend more on SES and family priorities than on race.[/quote]

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