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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone please explain why one would leave a school solely because there aren't enough children (let me reiterate...children) that are "middle class"?

In short come out and say what you really mean.

Bigots.[/quote]

There is a tipping point where once you reach 40-50% of low-income students, the school begins to adversely impact middle- and high-impact students.

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/sarameads_policy_notebook/2010/10/the_limits_of_socioeconomic_integration.html

The effects of poverty suck. That's why we have government programs to try and mitigate it, and why people don't want their kids to grow up poor.

While you call this "bigotry", most of this would call it "recognizing one of the plainest facts of human existence."[/quote]

I would ask that you read some additional literature on this subject.  Specifically read the research-based article by Richard A. Kahlenberg entitled 'From All Walks of Life".  Your viewpoint is misguided and frankly wrong.  The article is from the Winter 2012 American Educator.[/quote]

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