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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are ZERO schools that are more than 80% white.

The idea that sending your kid to a school of 70% white kids is somehow racist makes me chortle. Meanwhile, good luck finding a school with a decent cohort of Asian students. But of course, Asians don’t count. [/quote]

I’m the OP. My (public) high school was about 90% white. About 10% Asian, less than 1% black, less than 1% Latino. This was in a wealthy suburb of a major US city (not DC).

I do it want that for my children. [/quote]

DO NOT! Sorry, bad typo. [/quote]

Can you state what racial percentages you would be comfortable with? 80% white and 20 % other?  70 % white and 30% other? 20% white and 80% other?[/quote]

OP here. I want my children to go to a racially diverse school, and I live in DC. So - more than about 80% white would be a deal breaker for me, it should be less than that. I don’t think that even exists in DC public or public charter schools anyway, so I’m not too concerned. <2% white seems a bit tough, like my kids might not belong.

So I guess I’m looking for a school that’s between 3% and 80% white. That’s… a pretty big range. [/quote]

DP and for me I am totally fine with my kid being at a school where white students are a minority, but I'd like to see diversity that reflects my neighborhood (which, rough estimate, is about 50% black, 25% white or white-latino, and the rest about evenly split between non-white latino, asian, and mixed race). The IB elementary is 90%+ black. I don't know what the solution is because the main source of the lack of diversity is all the families who aren't black who choose charters or to lottery into other DCPS schools. I'm not sure how you convince them not to do this. We are at the IB but likely moving because my did does feel like an outsider and it just doesn't feel like a good fit. So we'll soon be part of the problem too. But at least we gave it 3 years. Most people we know in the neighborhood went straight to charters and thought we were "brave" for choosing the IB.

One thing about DC that I keep noticing is how much self-segregation there is compared to other places I've lived. This feels like another extension of that. I don't understand it. One reason we live in cities is because we want to raise our kids in a diverse environment. And no, that doesn't mean 80% white with a handful of minorities. Like I said, I am more than okay with my kid being a minority. What is weird is sending her to a school where almost all the kids are one race that she doesn't share, when it's not even like the school is considered very good or offers special programs to make that kind of situation worth it. It just makes no sense for us to stay at this school and the lack of diversity is a major factor.[/quote]

When we moved into our Petworth neighborhood all the way back in 2006 (no kids yet but planning on them soon), one of their first things multiple Black neighbors told us is they could give us tips for avoiding the IB school.[/quote]

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