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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP you make it sound like Latin started in a Ward 3 palace. It started in a church basement (which I helped paint). The neighborhoods it has subsequently moved to are not by any stretch of the imagination swanky or high income.[b] It was a strain on me to attend school events in the new locations from my home in Ward 3,[/b] but I did it. Our child had a long commute when riding public (often, with after school sports and activities). Latin has bent over backwards to recruit students from all wards and incomes. What it does is enough. It does not need to weight low income applicants.[/quote]

I think you made PP point. If it was a strain for a Ward 3 parent with resources, it would be close to impossible for a Ward 8 parent with little to know resources. I bet you have a car and four to six times the financial resources as that Ward 8 parent. In addition, your Ward 3 home is in the same quandrant, nw, as Latin opposed to that far spot heart Ward 8 home. [/quote]

Latin is in NE.  And sometimes people just have to step up and do what they have to do.  What do you expect?  Taxpayer-funded cabs to take kids from Ward 8 to Latin??[/quote]

What do I want?  If Martha Cutts is serious about improving diversity at her school, I'd like to see the school honestly think through the reason it may be lacking.   [/quote]

Improving diversity? There were about 6-7,maybe fewer, non-AA kids in graduating class of 2015. Improving diversity is the quantum leap the school needs to focus on right now? Take a look at the photo on the web page of the class of 2015 and get back to me on improving diversity and the schools special obligation therein.[/quote]

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