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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, let's see.  In my child's private there are Christian (many denoms), Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, Quaker, Agnostic and Atheist families.  There are also more students of color than we ever see at the local public.  Both of my children have a best friend who is another race (and no, not 1/8th of something).

I am not the one with a fig leaf.  The fig leaf is that by going to public school there is a diversity benefit.  In my neighborhood, there is not.  I am not moving east of the park just to get diversity.  If that is not authentic or whatever, I honestly do not care.  I[b] know what I do to help others[/b], and I am satisfied with it.  [b]I won't sacrifice my children's education or safety [/b]to pursue some false promise that going to a school with many income levels in it will somehow lead to world peace.
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See, it is stuff like this that makes you sound like you view all people not of your same SES as destitute and dangerous. My child (at and MCPS public ES) doesn't have any friends who are homeless, but she does have friends whose parents drive taxis or clean houses for a living. Just as she has friends whose parents are professionals like us. some get free lunches, some get picked up from school in luxury cars. And at least for now, yeah they do all eat lunch together in the cafeteria.[/quote]

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