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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please. No one will talk about race on the Hill but it's all about race. Go listen to "Nice White Parents" - you'll hear yourself. [/quote]

It's not all about race, because it's also about class. There's such a correlation between race and class on the Hill that's there's no way to separate it. White and Asian families are almost universally highly-educated and economically stable, while there's much more variation among Black families.

Some families avoid schools based on reputation, but others, like us, leave because of negative experiences. We're white and a decade ago left our inbound Hill school after pre-K, as did others we knew, including our child's Black classmate with two high-powered lawyer parents.

Our kids are now in schools that have good reputations, and we're staying because they are doing well. Reputations are often earned by experience, though some of that is a self-fulfilling prophecy: A good reputation draws rich families who have the ability to choose where to live. Fewer poor kids makes things easier on the school, which improves the experience and reputation, which leads to further segregation.

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