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Seriously - what are people who fret about this really worried about? I really want to know because I don't get it.

&quot;For elementary school, schools with higher poverty like those in the Einstein or Wheaton cluster have children with severe academic deficits. Your child will be sitting in a classroom working independently or waiting while the teacher spend the majority of her time trying to fill in the extreme background knowledge gaps of the lower performing kids. Your kid may get one or two pull outs occasionally but he or she will have fewer peers at grade level and even fewer above grade level as opposed to higher performing schools.&quot;

Completely incorrect. The above-grade level math classes are bursting in the Einstein cluster. (A different, but opposite, problem.)

&quot;Best practices in teaching now though push mixing this up so the lower performing kids can learn from the few higher performing kids. The higher performing kid does not get much out of this.&quot; 
&gt;&gt;&gt;Again, wrong. People need to learn to work with others with different ability levels, life experiences, etc. There are magnet schools and upper-level classes in these high school districts. Students who are not challenged enough can and do take advantage. And to your point: Some people have coworkers and friends from whom they feel the racism and elitism and gut through time with them anyway.

&quot;Once middle school and high school begins, you combine all the problems that happen anywhere with problems that are more unique and prevalent with poverty. Your child will see many of their former ES classmates drop out, get pregnant, join gangs, go to jail etc. Some people want their kids exposed to this on a daily basis and others do not.&quot;
&gt;&gt;&gt;This is just not correct, based on firsthand experience. No one wants their kids exposed to crime and violence. But it's happening at every high school in this county. Do not kid yourself. The drug dealing and addiction, bullying, sexual assaults, they do not discriminate. Some students are held accountable; others have good lawyers.

&quot;You can decide that school experience doesn't really matter and that is your choice but there is nothing beneficial about poverty and academic failure. Its not a benefit and choosing a school with high levels of academic failure and poverty to get a cheaper house comes at its own cost.&quot;
&gt;&gt;&gt;Some people aren't &quot;choosing&quot; a cheaper house -- they are overextended at $500,000. Thus, the student loan nightmare. There is plenty of academic success at Einstein and in its feeder schools. And sure, there are poor kids who struggle, who make bad choices. There are also comfortable kids who struggle, who make bad choices. As someone who counsels young people around here, the level of academic and financial pressure is absolutely damaging these kids from &quot;good&quot; schools, too. That would be like not letting a child attend Damascus, or play any sport because you know how &quot;those people (athletes)&quot; are - they are all rapists and if my precious comes into contact with them, they will get raped! It will rub off! And the suicide and attempted suicide rates at &quot;good&quot; schools .... it's a damn shame.

I appreciate the point that you want your kids challenged, and safe. Being involved in your school -- whatever it is -- and open communication with your child, keeping them well-rounded and easing off of the pressure are the best antidotes to &quot;failure&quot;.   The broad-brush attitude that paints all &quot;poor/brown&quot; schools in a certain light is so narrow. Intolerance is such a rot from the inside, and it's infectious. :(

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