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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend with a kid in a well-regarded DC charted that is 40-50% low income, recently commented to me how his kid within three months of starting KG was already changing his diction, word choice and behavior in a negative way.

In fact, poor kids seem to benefit inordinately from attending upper-income schools...see this article from today's NYT (there's also a lot of data out there on this)....I just don't understand these well-off parents sending their kids to majority-poor schools, b/c if given the chance, many of the striving poor families would gladly send their child to be a minority in a high-income school....APS or not, I would never accept a school that was majority low-income for my kid...didn't work this hard for that...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/education/lets-get-ready-offers-help-for-college-admissions.html?scp=1&sq=newton&st=cse[/quote]

Kids pick up undesirable words and phrases from the school yard, tv, video games, and even parents all the time. Non-Hispanic kids at Randolph may learn a few colorful spanish phrases--who knows? This is nothing to be overly concerned about. Rich white public school kids on Capitol Hill are not speaking Ebonics.

Personally, I wouldn't mind it if the school is between 40-60% low income, with the remainder being upper income, and producing good results overall. I think that's a decent mix, although maybe something close to 10% low income would be the ideal for everyone.

I do respect your point of view however.  [/quote]

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