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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]having recently moved to the area (central mclean)- we had previously been in private schools and loved it and assumed that we would continue in private schools once we moved here. However, we chose public for the following reasons. 1.) our kids are 10, 12 and we wanted their friend base to be as close as possible. I did not want to negotiate 'play dates" in multiple zip codes. related to this- i want them to be able to walk or ride bikes to friends houses- to have some independence and a sense of community. we have most definitely found this. [b]frankly- we were in a very white bubble in their previous school and we really wanted to get out of that and into a diverse community- our kids are going to school with students from all of the world which has been wonderful.[/b] their curriculum and academic rigor is comparable to their previous school. both of my kids have benefitted tremendously from having a much bigger population of kids to negotiate- and have finally really started to find their people in a way that they could not in their private school. we still have some private high school options on the radar- but for now- our move to public school has only stretched and enriched them. [/quote]

I gotta say that you have located the most pain-free way for your children to experience diversity by placing them into a school with students from all over the world but of sufficient family income and education level to afford McLean.  That is, your "all over the world" version will be more like children of Nigerian surgeons or Bulgarian World Bankers than children of drywall hangers from El Salvador. [/quote]

So where are the "painfully" diverse schools?[/quote]

And why would a painful approach be better, other than a feeling of moral superiority.[/quote]

Isn’t that what you’re getting now, the moral superiority of attending a racially diverse school, instead a white bubble, but one where everyone is rich so the needs of poor kids don’t compete with those of your privileged kids? Diversity without class diversity isn’t diversity. [/quote]

NP here. We are not white and used to be at a very diverse school with both racial and economic diversity. I can confidently say that the kids who came from the poorest families did not help my child in any way. There was a year when my well behaved was ignored the entire year because of a few kids who just immigrated to the US. I'm fairly certain this one child had never been to school. The teacher had to spend so much time on that one kid and my kid sat at his desk ignored the entire year. I remember being concerned that my child could not read in 1st grade and the teacher and reading specialist said my kid was fine. Sure, he wasn't the worst in the class so he was deemed fine.

We have since moved to a deemed better school district with low FARMS and much racial diversity. Not everyone is rich but very few kids live in poverty. My child has plenty of friends who live in modest homes. These kids do not have unlimited resources but they are not worrying about food on the table. Parents very involved at the school and school has significantly better academic programs. Peer group is night and day.[/quote]

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