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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Key stats strangely unmentioned as yet:

Banneker is roughly 1% white, 0% Asian, 10% Latino and 89% AA.  No idea if this will change in their new building but it might not.

Doesn't seem like a very 21st century student body to me.[/quote]

And who’s fault is that?[/quote]

You tell me. It's far from clear to me that the Mayor, DCPS higher-ups, corporate and Howard Univ supporters of Banneker and and the school's leadership, faculty and community want lots of white and Asian students to enroll.  What evidence do we have that they do? The program's tradition isn't for this to happen.[/quote]

What gives you that impression? There are currently white kids at Banneker. Do you need like an engraved invitation? I’m not sure what you expect? They have a great program, wonderful teachers, great students, and a beautiful new building. Not sure what more white people need?[/quote]

DP.  I wouldn't encourage my white DC to go to Banneker or to a HBCU.  It's not for us.  Nor would I encourage my DS to go to a women's college.  [/quote]

??? Why are you contributing to this discussion then? Again there are white kids at Banneker. It’s a school for motivated, smart students.[/quote]

The comment above  is unreasonable, given that the student body at Banneker has never been more than 2% white. Banneker is, and always has been, the HS equivalent of an Historically Black College.  As far as I'm know, DCPS has never written that down anywhere, but anybody who knows a thing about "application" DCPS high schools is aware of the situation.  Banneker doesn't actively keep whites out, but enrolling them has never been the school's mission. White parents in search of a good public HS in this city almost always respect the special space that Banneker is for advanced AA students by not seeking to enroll their children in the program. You can pretend otherwise, if a sanctimonious, knee-jerk PC way, but it's clueless, and silly.

I'd like to see Banneker stop being the high school equivalent of an HSBC in this decade.  This would clearly be a complex, deliberative, labor-intensive process, starting with hiring a lot more staff and faculty members who aren't AA or Latino, starting to feature white and Asian students in Banneker PR materials etc. [/quote]

Check out the website. The faculty is diverse, not representing just one race. If you are worried about your child being a minority then indeed it is perhaps not for you, but others might not be as concerned about that. I have had my white children in AA majority environments,.and they found many kids with common interests. Being a minority did not impact their experience in a negative way.[/quote]

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