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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m one where if the charters were true alternative schools and not tainted by segregation and privilege maintenance I’d love to have my kids there seeing as they’re about to exit elementary school way ahead of their peers. But I’m trying to not just look out for me and mine. So I really feel conflicted. [/quote]

How are charter schools tainted by segregation when DC's charter elementary schools are pretty much the only ones with a balanced diversity that doesn't reflect the city's segregation or the city's demographic imbalance?[/quote]

When the city's student population is 15% white, your ward's student population is 5% white, and and your school's white percentage is above 30%, I'd start to explain what you mean when you say your school is 'diverse.'

Basically, if these schools weren't a route to separation of communities, I'd be less concerned. We don't live in 1910s Alabama but we could definitely do better at helping children of privilege and children of poor communities mingle and grow together into the country we want. But we separate ourselves and then get defensive about it. [/quote]

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