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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is why we lived in the Wakefield zone. We're black, upper middle class, and realized that whatever price premium Yorktown commands does not translate to our children. Black children at Yorktown actually do worse than those at Wakefield.

We spend our money supplementing and supporting our kids. Music lessons, tutoring, etc. We can afford for me to work very part-time (14 hours a week), so I can be more of a presence at home. Wakefield was actually a very positive experience for my kids.

We did all of these things and are kids are thriving. In college now at UVA and W&M.

People make choices for a lot of reasons. Just because someone wants to pay more to live in North Arlington doesn't mean that it's the right choice for everyone. [/quote]

URMs[/quote]

What a bigoted thing to say. You don't know this person's kid and you are making an assumption based on their race. Notably, you also are ignoring the point of the poster in that there's no value for a black family to send their children to Yorktown when black children perform better at Wakefield. Interesting dodge.

I do think the diversity is a good thing, in my experience as another black parent raising kids in the Wakefield zone. It's stressful enough dealing with racism and bullshit normally. I don't need to subject my kids to an environment like Yorktown on top of it.[/quote]

DP here, but the most recent test scores suggest black kids at both Yorktown and W-L are performing higher than those at Wakefield.  It's one thing to say you that, for social reasons, you want a school with a higher or minimum percentage of a particular minority group, but it's another to just assume those kids also perform better than their peers at other schools.  That may or may not be the case. [/quote]

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