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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ why by graduation rates, which is also a reflection of SES.[/quote]

A lot of things are based on SES. Better by graduation rates rather than basing it off of nothing as what the other previous posters have been doing. High graduation rates mean that there is a good number of kids who care about well, graduating.. which isn't a high bar in my opinion even so for kids from low SES. Schools that have low graduation rates (lower than the state average) would concern me big time. [/quote]

[b]So... do you think that by going to a different school your own child’s SES is going to change[/b]?[/quote]

Is this a serious question? Please for the love of God, say no.[/quote]

It was a sarcastic question. I’m so sick of arguments I read on here that going to school with anything more than 20% poor kids is somehow going to turn your otherwise upper middle class child into a poor dropout. It’s not true.

Similarly, choosing to take the metro rather than drive will not turn you into a homeless person, despite statistics that show homeless people are much more likely to take the metro than drive cars.[/quote]
Obviously people aren't saying it will turn you into a poor person or a dropout.    The issue with too high FARMs or too wealthy schools is that schools with those extremes have issues that go along with that income level.  Of course, a good student at a high FARMs rate could do equally as well at that school as the person could at a school with lower FARMs. But it's the desire to avoid certain types of issues around income level that some people want to avoid.

Too high FARMs rate will mean that more resources will be utilized for these kids, which means less resources and attention for your higher achieving child.  Schools with lots of wealth have their own issues that some parents would rather avoid.[/quote]

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