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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also think diversity is a good thing - for kids growing up today, they world they will live in is going to be increasingly diverse and non-white.  The demographics you see in many schools today are going to be the demographics of the working age population tomorrow.

That said, we'd be kidding ourselves not to admit that with an increasingly diverse population of immigrants, many whom are first or second generation, it costs more money to maintain the same level of education.  Many of the immigrant families are renters with less income and provide a lowered tax base while at the same time need more money through school funding if the same level of education is going to be maintained. Less tax dollars per student combined with higher educational expenses per student equals a challenged school system.  At some point, you probably reach a tipping point where those with the money (i.e., property owners) are not going to be willing to pony up the additional taxes every year to keep the schools well funded because they will stop believing that it is money well spent.  One only needs to look at some of the larger school districts in a state like California to see where we're eventually headed. [/quote]

I'm not familiar with what's going on in the larger CA districts.  Do most middle/upper-middle class parents send their kids to privates? [/quote]

Probably depends on the particular school district and I'm probably generalizing a little too much, but, yeah, I think sending kids to private school and/or homeschooling is much more common place in some of the larger school districts where there is a perception that the schools are underfunded, overcrowded, and filled with too many poor immigrant children such that families simply conclude that they're children won't receive an adequate education. I knew plenty of people who concluded that when I was in high school in California in the late 90s and I have family there now that have concluded as much with respect to their children. [/quote]

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