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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I know that the few children now living on my IB block are all white or mixed race and the 2 children who are AA are "living" with their grandparents and are not around on the weekend because they are picked up by adults with MD plates on Friday night. I do not report them because I figure their grandparents will sell/move and we will still live here. I also am not so super liberal that I did not send my children to LT years ago because I did not trust the school and did not want them to be the only non-AA children in their grade. I think that the population boom on the Hill is going to fill LT with IB children, but don't pretend that it will remain majority AA if it does.

Someone earlier in the thread said that we shouldn't act like we are in Ward 3 with only IB populated schools -- why not?!? I think Ward 6 and non-NW DC in general should have higher expectations. Doesn't mean that we need to be lily-white or only the 1%, but we need to stopped being pushed around by people from outside our Ward that want to use us as their experiment.[/quote]

You know, I can think of all sorts of reasons why grandparents would legitimately be taking care of their grandkids on a regular basis.  Maybe they're keeping that kid out of foster care.  Maybe the kid has a single parent who can't afford a babysitter.  Maybe the parent works odd hours or has a long commute.

You have no idea what's going on with other families, except that they decided that L-T is the best option for their kid.  Not having a six-figure salary in a two-parent household doesn't preclude whatever means necessary to ensure their well-being, which may center on the simple continuity of a safe, familiar and predictable school day.[/quote]

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