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"B-CC" isn't synonymous with "Chevy chase Elementary School," which is where PPs kids are going to go to school next. [b]Where there are no low income kids[/b] and just a handful of AAs and Latin Americans.

So it's very rich that she is choosing her public school because it's diverse.

Don't bother arguing; I live here too, you'll not convince me that this SFH neighborhood / school is anything but homogenous.  [/quote]

Reposted with typos corrected, so you can't pretend you don't understand:

CCES has 9% FARMS. Look it up yourself, it's right on the CCES website for all to see. The FARMS kids have HHI less than 1.85 times the poverty line - these are the kids who would need 100% FA to attend a private school. You can't tell me any private school in the area gives 100% FA to a whopping 9% of the student body.

Oh, and CCES is 8.9% AA and 7.7% Hispanic, plus others who identify as "multiple races," Asian and more. You call this "just a handful"? Maybe you should set foot in the place....[/quote]

Not that poster, but it is pretty low number of minority students.  Whites make up over 70% in CCES.  In the public I'm zoned for (in a W cluster), there are 33% white kids.  The other kids are 45% Asian, 12% black, and 5% hispanic.  And still, it feels pretty homogenous, because everyone has similar incomes.

My friend's kid goes to Stedwick in Montgomery Village.  56% FARMS rate, 18% white, 31% hispanic, 37% black, and 9% Asian.  "That" is diverse.   The kids come from all different backgrounds, including HHI, parental education, etc.  [/quote]

Right, that is indeed diverse. But until the Tea Partier can prove to us that 9% of Sidwell's students get 100% FA, it's clear that CCES' 9% FARMS trumps Sidwell in terms of SES diversity. That 23% Sidwell stat is apples to oranges, because it includes lots of families with HHI from $75-100K (way over FARMS eligibility) who are getting a few thousand. [/quote]

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