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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are solidly middle-class and comfortable and went to ivy leagues for higher education and our kids attend a charter school that is more than 50% low SES.  Our kids are thriving and are academically on par or above with kids of our friends - most of whom are solidly middle-class like us or very high SES.  Our friends "marvel" at how well are kids are doing and I give credit to the school all the time, plus the fact that we are very engaged parents.  Despite this, most of our circle would never consider sending their kids to our school.  They prefer to pay for private when they strike out at one of the schools that has a much higher percentage of high SES students and a higher percentage of white students.  There is honesty around this and it is known that our values do not align with theirs on this.  We are happy and interestingly, they are the ones who complain all the time and struggle to cope with learning and behavior issues at their schools. But if you see black and brown and low income as "not good" then educational segregation will just continue and the charter school system is not immune.[/quote]

We have a similar experience at our EOTP DCPS.[/quote]

What age are your kids.  At middle school the bottom falls out and behavior becomes a bigger issue/problem

I bet you will go charter/private or move by 7th at the latest.  (Don't feel any shame in doing this if you don't its border line child abuse..... don't martyr your kids future for some liberal multicultural crusade bs) [/quote]

Early elementary.  If the middle school isn't good enough, then I'll certainly find another path.  But I'm not going to judge the middle school by SES, race, or even by test scores alone.  If I can see a path for my kids to learn well in a safe in environment at the neighborhood school, then that can be an option too.[/quote]

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