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[quote=Anonymous]I think it does, sometimes. I think education is important to families regardless of SE status, even though there are people that would claim otherwise. But I also think the higher your SE status, the pickier you can afford to be.  My kids are not in school yet, but our HHI is about 150 and we live in the MD burbs. Our cluster is not one of the highly rated ones at all. We're going to give it a shot and see how it goes. We'll be involved parents because we have the time and resources to be. We've thought about jumping ship and moving to a better cluster, but I think there's something to be said for toughing it out and I hate to give up our super-affordable house.

I work in DC in education, and I see first hand how SES informs feelings about schools/education: KIPP is extremely popular among lower income/impoverished families. I would never send my child to a KIPP-style school. (I know, I know. And yes, I have personal experience upon which I'm basing my opinion. You're free to have a different opinion.)[/quote]

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