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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's stupid to choose a school based on race.  However, in DC, I wouldn't send my kids to a school that is <1% white because, in DC, that means the majority of kids are low income.  Being poor comes with a ton of challenges, and as a result, the student body at that school is going to have academic challenges.  Peer groups matter in the classroom, particularly as kids get older.  You can have the most amazing teachers in the world in those classrooms, but the academic environment is going to suffer. [/quote]

+1.

Race gets confounded with other statistics that matter to parents. Test scores are not everything, but they're also not nothing. School safety - frequency of reporting of fights, assaults, matters, it's something I look at. It's not necessarily race that leads a parent to want to avoid an IB school where 90% of kids are not testing at grade level. When I talk to my black colleagues about my IB school, they say "heck no! you can't send your kid to that school! That's not doing the best for your kid!" But some folks will assume it's race as the *only* reason.

Now when parents don't want to send their kids to Banneker.... well then you do have to ask why, when it's a an excellent school.[/quote]

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