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[quote=Anonymous]Perhaps there are a couple exceptions, but I genuinely do not believe that charters rig their lotteries to enroll more white kids. I think what happens is a new charter is approved after lots of hard work by involved parents many of whom are white and educated. They create buzz among their white and educated friends long before the school is approved and opens. The first year a lottery is held for the new, untested charter there are lots of white, educated parents who are in the know and take the risk and jump onboard. After one or two years that new charter is now officially considered "highly regarded" and everyone is now aware of it, including poor children, from less affluent, less educated families. By the time they enter the lottery for the new "hot" charter many of the PS3 and PK spots are already going to younger siblings of those first families who took the risk the year or two prior, leaving just a handful for "new" families. Not to mention children of founders...and starting next year...children of staff. It's a wonder any new families who weren't involved or knowledgeable of the development of the new charter get a spot in the first decade. [/quote]

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