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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UMC Af-Am family here. One kid is slightly academically advanced, the other is average. We are NOT WOTP and do not want to be -to us, diversity means more than a few brown kids in the class or neighborhood.  That said, we absolutely get NO attention for either kid in the schools.  This is in STARK contrast to the similarly-situated white kids at the school - some of whom are given enrichment activities and others who are “average”who are given focus because they might be able to help with PARCC scores. Nobody in the schools sees our kids as anything since we are not low-income, there are no special needs and we are not white. I have been sick to my stomach for two years about this. What do we want? A good education for our kids and schools that are as committed to our type of family as any other type of family. And we do not think we should have to go WOTP for that.[/quote]

Are you sure about this? We are a white family in a EoTP school and it’s clear that white families are routinely sly ignored. The assumption being that all white kids are UMC and will “be fine” anywhere and aren’t going to bring the PARCC
Scores down.  Any hint at differentiation or tracking is shot down. Also no extra stuff in aftercare that would
Cost money since that might leave some
Families out (the implication being families of color).[/quote]

This has been our experience. I am ok with it. My kid is scoring very high and having fun. Sure I would love more acceleration/differentiation but it isn’t going to happen. The school only has time for the low scoring kids. In the meantime, we buy a ton of books, do enrichment activities, and travel. Assume MS will be more challenging.[/quote]

Why are ok with this? And middle school will be worse. More behavioral issues and even bigger achievement gaps without tracking. I never u defeat and the mentatioitybof families just letting things slide because they value diversity over academics and good class management.[/quote]

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