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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do many of the children in the surrounding neighborhood(s) attend other schools? I've always wondered why the school has the reputation that it does, as it is not located in an economically depressed neighborhood. [/quote]

It's a Jewish neighborhood, fairly Orthodox, and therefore has a high percentage of kids in religious schools. This is the main reason.

In our actual experience with the school, the reputation was undeserved. Odessa taught my family that Great Schools and FARMS rates are not reasons to reject a school. If you are uncomfortable with immigrant families, or people who are socially not like you, or culturally different, it may not be the school for you. But those families also value education. Also have highly intelligent children. Also want them to succeed. [/quote]

Except that’s not quite the case at this school. Yes there are some families that value education there, [b]but far more children there are not college bound kids. [/b]And that’s fine, I’m not saying they should all go to college but I don’t want my child surrounded mostly by those type of students. I would prefer more college bound kids. Also, the school is not diverse. Look at the racial and SES make up of the students. It’s not evenly balanced among all races. Also, more kids are FARMS than not. Again, I don’t have any problem with low income students but I don’t want that to be the majority of the kids.  [/quote]

Honest question: how do you know whether these kids are college bound? They’re in 6th - 8th grade. How is it that you have already determined college isn’t happening for them? [/quote]

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