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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Easy: There are demographic differences between grade levels, yes, but not because many leave. The differences are the result of shifting demographics in the neighborhood, which translate into shifting demographics in school, one year at a time. Is that so hard to understand? Can't speak for Brent, but I imagine that those shifts have moved through Brent a little earlier because of Capitol Hill's gentrification pattern. Just a note of caution against your "it's obvious when you look" to not prematurely equate looks with HH income. I happen to have a white child in a predominantly black classroom and I can tell you a thing or two about how HH income differs from "looks"; not to mention that, despite our six digit HH income, on most days, I don't exactly look it walking my kids to school...[/quote] ^NP. Your heart is probably in the right place, but you're sugar coating problems Maury's demographics lag several years behind shifting demographics in the neighborhood. High-SES families (mostly white, a few black and other) still leave for a plethora of reasons. White looks upper-middle-class and well-educated on CH because it almost always is. Families leave for reasons high-SES parents generally feel comfortable discussing (e.g. too much teaching to the test, crowding, a less than inspiring DCPS/Common Core curriculum, crowding, rundown playground, not enough support for advanced learners), and those they do not (feeling fed up with aspects of low-SES inner city culture and PC thinking by the head). [/quote]
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