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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This board's obsession with "good" (ie rich) schools is kind of sad. God forbid your kid ever be exposed to anything outside of the most extreme privilege. I'm sure they'll all be empathetic and resilient adults.[/quote]

I mean, I agree, though I do think when house hunting often the issue is not that people have to be in the best schools, so much that they are trying to avoid failing schools. And while I think the concept of a "best" school is highly debatable, the existence of "worst" schools is not -- some schools are dysfunctional, poorly funded, bleeding teachers, have awful or inconsistent administration, etc. And sadly this does tend to coincide with having school populations of lower income families, because they have less power to do anything about it.

Yes there are people on this board who think only certain schools in very wealthy districts are worth sending your kids (and if you can't buy there, then you "have" to go private, and it's assumed that's a possibility). But there are a lot more people who would be happy at a whole range of schools but are just trying to avoid a school that will actively limit their children. And it's sometimes hard to tell the difference between a failing school and one that is perfectly good but has a diverse population that will actually be good for kids, especially when you are peering in as prospective buyers and have less opportunity to get to know the school before deciding where to go.[/quote]

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