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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm curious why people want it to flip? If the large # of the AA kids that attend Shepherd are upper class, what seems to be the problem? PP mentioned suspension rates are similar to WOTP so there don't appear to be any behavioral issues. You're not going to be an "only" so I don't understand the desire to have it flip. More mixed? Sure, that sounds reasonable, but why would anyone want it to flip to 10% black and 80% white?[/quote]
OP. Do you think that people actually want it to flip? You can want it to be somewhat more diverse without also wanting it to become a mostly white school. I don't think that any child, regardless of skin color or nationality, wants to be an "only". We wouldn't have considered the neighborhood and the school if we thought it was on a "flip trajectory" towards becoming an all-white or mostly-white school. I think that the diversity of DC's current school is a great strength, so why wouldn't I be curious if Shepherd was heading in that direction?[/quote]

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