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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look here is the truth

People want a school with that doesn't have a ton of problems and has a chunk of highly motivated educated kids

and like it or not SES is a shorthand proxy for that

even if you are at a diverse school stereotypically the advanced classes are going to be predominantly white, asian, and african and more affluent

are these stereotypes yes, are they a shorthand for analyzing schools yes, are they generally true yes[/quote]

One third of the parent(s) in Mont County never graduated high school in this country or another, and are on one ore more forms of welfare.  They are not sitting around harping about which school out of 200 in the county their kids should go to. Only educated white, multiracial, or int’l parents are. As usual, the people the county is least concerned about.  [/quote]
eh.. my nonwhite neighbors think about diversity as well as academics, so do we, a multiracial family.  [/quote]

I think the deciding factor above was if you and your neighbors were high school graduates or not. Not your race or income level.

So if y’all are HS graduates, you further prove PP’s claim that you are harping about what school to send your children to (for diversity sake or academics or whatever else).[/quote]
So, unless people seeking diversity purposefully seek areas where there are a lot of parents that don't have a HS diploma, then we are being hypocrites?

Sorry. Don't buy it.  People seeking true diversity look for schools that are racially diverse as well as not too rich and not too poor.  Parents who care about their children's education, whether they have PhDs or only HS diplomas, or low income or high income or in between, think about the type of school they believe is best for their kids.  I feel zero guilt for seeking a diverse school as well as one that has an academic peer cohort.[/quote]
Don't buy what?  Your reading comprehension is either really off or you have some different, personal narrative going on in your head.

The poor, uneducated ESOL and FARMs families are not school shopping like you are.[/quote]

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