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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's really interesting to me that there are two Tier 1 charters accessible to Capitol Hill (Chamberlain and Eagle Academy) that have basically no white students; whereas two of DCUM's "HRCS" are tier 2.  [/quote]

Not to me.  I think rich (mostly white) families want their children to go to a school that they never had as a child.  They are looking for the words "student-led," "aesthetic environment," "whole-child," "gardening," "exposure to the arts".  If you look at Georgetown Day School's elementary program, it's magnified times a thousand.  Normal families are also looking for a school that they never had as a child -- they are looking for the words "college-ready," "college-focused," "college-bound."  They are looking for academic rigor and a clear path to a future graduate degree, career, and financial success.  That is simply not the concern for rich (mostly white) families who know that they can pay for any college and don't need scholarships.  It's just different priorities and one is not better than the other.[/quote]

I don't think that explanation works for Eagle Academy.  If you read their website they're all about awe and wonderment and creativity.  Their founding mission sounds actually pretty close to CMI. [/quote]

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