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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I send my child to our neighborhood school EOTP. Our official FARMs rate is 99%. Our actual FARMs rate is around 40%. I am not "sacrificing my kid['s] well being, education, etc. to make a point about education. I'm sending my child to school in the neighborhood where we live. My problem with the OOB people is that they're perfectly happy to live in the neighborhood and take advantage of the housing market in that neighborhood, but they're not willing to send their kids to the schools there. The "have my cake and eat it too" is bad enough, but when people then say that I'm sacrificing something for my kid (who is doing just fine) to make a point? No, it's called living in the neighborhood. [/quote]

+1 same here. We love and support as 75%+ FARMs school, as do most families. College educated parents - amazing teachers - our kid is going to be fine.[/quote]

I can practically guarantee that this isn't middle school and that you won't be at a middle school with that statistic[/quote]

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