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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You Einstein parents all hypocrites; trying to separate your white high SES kids from low SES/minority kids. So much for diversity is great BS. You are no better. [/quote]

I have 3 children in the Einstein cluster - 2 in ES and 1 in MS. We know quite a few Einstein kids and plan to send our own to Einstein.

Valuing diversity is a complicated issue, and I would argue that most white, high SES families in the Einstein cluster didn't choose it because of diversity. If I were going to guess, the majority of high SES families whose children attend public school have an HHI that is less than 200,000, value being close to DC, want a SFH, and have been priced out of the Bethesda housing market. Most of these families do not have parents that are helping with housing down payments or private school payments, which is why they/we don't want to overextend and move to Bethesda.

There are always people who answer on these threads that they can afford to move to Bethesda/Potomac/Etc. or go private, but choose public because of diversity. I agree that this is misleading and likely the diversity is a side benefit to them, and not the primary reason they stay. Are they hypocrites? Not sure I'd go that far. ES and MS are not leveled so there is no "separation" in SES-- I have no experience with highschool, but assume, that there are some classes where high SES kids encounter low SES kids. There are not separate school entrances, lockers, cafeteria, etc. The idea that high SES families are able to shield or separate their children from low SES kids at Einstein is completely ludicrous.

You are also assuming that only white people are high SES in these schools. That is simply not true, and if you lived here you would know that. [/quote]

Yes, people in these threads usually assume that all high SES students in these schools are white. But what is never addressed is the minority SES because if we were all being honest we also have the same concerns as the white SES and maybe even more so because a minority child might want to associate more with minority children. If those children are of a different SES, college is not a consideration or they have other issues that I don't want my child around, then I am not sure it can be called racism on my part- it classism. I wouldn't send my child to Einstein, and we are minorities, but only because I feel that the minority students there seem (and I could be very wrong) more low performing. I'd rather a school where the minority students are mostly from a higher SES and have the same aspirations.[/quote]

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