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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But what about the other middle class kid? What happens to them? [/quote]

I think it depends. If it's a school where over 80% of the students are ELL and/or living in poverty with very little academic preparation prior to Kindergarten, I think the claims that they are ignored are hyperbole, but they also aren't getting the same academic experience as children at schools that are more balanced, nor will they have a large cohort in the beginning (of kids who were equally prepared for K, because that takes either resources or educational familiarity, which many disadvantaged families or families new to this country don't have). There will be fewer extracurriculars, fewer and less "extravagant" field trips, basically, a lot less of everything extra. Nearly all the resources are used to provide things that other schools consider basic, because there is no other way. Honestly, it does a disservice to poor and non-poor students alike. The teachers are excellent, top notch. And the students will have a lot of positives (exposure to other cultures and ways of thinking), but it's a tough sell for most families who have choices to choose to send their kids to a school where their child will be an extreme minority, whether that be a POC avoiding Yorktown or UMC avoiding high poverty schools. That's why having policies that don't work harder to resist the pull of residential segregation are so harmful. Many kids aren't being given the opportunities they deserve, assuming you believe all children are equally deserving.

Perhaps it's not so bad? I still have a really hard time believing the fr/l numbers are going to be so high for Drew. If it's true, it really does mean that Montessori doesn't have any significant number of students who qualify for fr/l, and isn't serving the population who could benefit most from two years of preschool prior to Kindergarten. Perhaps this will be the silver lining? If more space is made for disadvantaged kids in the Montessori program, maybe the fr/l numbers at nearby neighborhood schools won't be so high. [/quote]

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