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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see why this is an issue.  I've never heard a white family say "Gee, my child's educational experience would be so wonderful if only they could attend Banneker, but we just don't feel comfortable being an only"
Similarly, I don't see Banneker families crying that their school could be so much more if only more white students would attend. 
Who is really bothered here? [/quote]

I guess there is no preference for banneker over Wilson? And hardly any white kids are graduating from neighborhood Middle Schools that do not feed Wilson?   When will the latter change? [/quote]

That USED to be true but it is changing with the demographics of the city[/quote]

Right, capitol hill being the best example. 
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There are white kids graduating from SH?   Jefferson?   EH? [/quote]

No, sorry, what I meant was that the Hill has the oldest white kids, and oldest white parents, outside of the Wilson boundary. The hill is the oldest white area of DC outside of upper NW. That's all I meant. So they have to deal with MS now, albeit few choose the schools you mention. The white people in the more recently gentrifying areas of DC skew younger, so they are more concerned with ES right now, and many are in PK or younger. 
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