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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]The kids in the upper grades at the aforementioned elementary schools are mostly African American. Yet the parents working on "holding hands" and jumping into Eliot Hine are almost all white (and middle class). It doesn't have to mean anything nefarious is going on, but there is a an overwhelming element of race in play. [/quote]

yes, perhaps the parents working today for a better EH tomorrow are mostly white, middle class. so what? the AA parents will benefit, too, if their kids get algebra in middle school and a diverse student body. this isn't a zero sum game. one group won't lose because another group won. everyone wins! and you can act like nothing ever changes in DCPS, but we've seen real changes in all the capitol hill elementary schools. and [b]it only happened when middle class parents got involved. and at our elementary school, many of the middle class parents who are so active just happen to be AA.[/b]

and, for the record, EH already has a new principal. [/quote]

Great point. While Eliot Hine is 99% AA, it's also currently 85% low-income. So let's not pretend this is largely motivated by race--otherwise there'd be a high number of middle-class AA families sending their kids there. As a comparison, Stuart-Hobson is 47% low-income. Deal is 23%.[/quote]

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