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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please quit with the BS "afraid of poors"--we have 50 years of research that shows the poverty/achievement gap is huge and real and almost always correlates for major behaviroal issues. Its a well known fact that schools with more than 30% FARMS hurt both high and low SES kids.  Its not fear, its informed parents trying to do the right thing for their kid. I am amazed at the number of parents who are willing to sacrifice their kids well being, education etc just to make a point about public schools.[/quote]

but there many charters with FARM rates well above that threshold[/quote]

I'm not the PP, but yes there are. My son goes to a high performing charter with 75% FARMS. We love it, he loves school, and it's been a really good fit for my family. I didn't choose my neighborhood school because I wasn't impressed with it at the time, and now I'm living in a different part of the city, and am really glad my son didn't have to change schools when we moved (he would have - the commute would have been prohibitive even if we had been allowed to stay). [/quote]

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