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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was thinking about this thread as I watched the 4th of July parade yesterday on Barracks Row. Eastern performed - amazing band and dancers, "Pride of Capitol Hill" shirts. The kids all appeared to be non-white. Then Maury, Brent, the Cluster, all walk, and the kids and parents are nearly all white. It made me deeply uncomfortable. I have a kid in prek at a Hill elementary and don't know what we are going to do for school but the animosity on this thread is bleak and just makes me sad. [/quote]

There definitely are divisions along racial lines when you look at certain schools in the neighborhood. That being said, It isn't always quite as stark as it appears at the parade. From my experience as a family who has participated in their parade for the last seven or eight years, the parade doesn't have a huge turnout for the schools as a whole. It draws more early childhood and nearby families, which doesn't accurately represent the full population of the schools.

I will also second what another poster said about the convenience of the locations of the various middle schools. I think it is kind of a silly conversation about combining them in the first place because it will never happen. But also they're located in different areas for a reason, if you live in the south or east parts of Capitol Hill or Hill East, which a lot of us do, Eliot Hine is much more convenient and accessible by walking, bus, or bike.[/quote]

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