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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting. So my sanctimonious (white) neighbor who screamed at me that I was hurting my brown children by not sending them to eastern high school (they were 10 years old) was advocating for segregation. Totally tracks. [/quote]

Makes me think of my church community - Catholic, mostly Black. For the black families, I think Catholic schools make a lot of sense. They help integration, connecting their kids with power structures. But for white families like mine, I think the same opportunities can be too elitist, so I prefer the DCPS selective schools.

A lot of what is right is based on where you are situated. And a lot of what people can bear is based on their personal circumstances as well. For integration purposes, I just hope that people will consider those individual circumstances and give an eye toward the common good. Otherwise positive change won't happen fast enough to avoid the forces that keep working to undo it.[/quote]

So glad you “prefer” the selective schools. The majority of students cannot just “prefer” Walls. [/quote]

It's a GPA cutoff + essentially a lottery. A lot of families self-select out because they're not interested or they perceive it as not for them. The school is not shutting them out: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-without-walls-admissions-test-diversity/2021/08/27/6959cec2-0293-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html[/quote]

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