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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I send my kid to an ethnically diverse private school because it's a better school for child than the public school options I have. He is in K, and at his school, he is given on average 2 hours of outdoor free play/recess/PE PER DAY. He's not given homework, and the academic expectations are age-appropriate. The teachers are loving, observant, and extremely mindful to developing a curriculum that is appropriate. My son loves his school, and I am a big fan. I say this as a woman of color who is also an educator. There is extremely little economic diversity at his school, which is a negative factor, but all the other positives outweigh this aspect. [/quote]

Ditto - except I am white - what is so awful about that?[/quote]

That sound you hear is me banging my head against the table.

It's been said over and over on this thread, by me and by several others, that there is almost no socio-economic diversity in DC private schools.  So when your kid befriends minorities at the private school, he or she is making friends kids who do have a different outlook, but minority kids from a lower social class often have a radically different outlook, different tastes in music, different goals in life (especially if college isn't affordable). Your kid will not meet these low-SES kids.[/quote]

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