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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Define affluent. [/quote]

I'm not sure what they would use.  But you could do a household income cutoff.  Or just say everyone who's not at-risk, which is really quite far from affluent for most people, but whatever.  [/quote]

40% of DC students are at risk of academic failure (defined as receiving TANF, SNAP, in the foster care system, homeless or in high school and a year or more older than the expected grade).

80% are economically disadvantaged (qualify for FARMS); obviously there is overlap with the at-risk category.

Tbe 20% that does not meet either of the above definitions are, relatively speaking, affluent. [/quote]

And right now we have a system where the 20%, the 40% and the 80% are concentrated. So Wilson is 24% economically disadvantaged and Walls is 18%. (According to DCPS Profiles). Those two schools have essentially all of the non-economically-disadvantaged high-schoolers in the city (and about 20% of all high schoolers).  How many of those families would send their kids to a school that was 80% or more economically disadvantaged? Or would we end up with a system that was 100% economically disadvantaged?

It's a thorny question, but it looks like the options for DCPS are concentrated wealth and poverty, or just concentrated poverty. At least until the system gets more affluent kids, the numbers just don't seem to allow for any other outcomes. [/quote]

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