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[quote=Anonymous]It will be really interesting to see how many of the high SES parents actually stay to 12th grade.  The only way to tell is to look at: a) the # and % of FARMS kids taking the DC-CAS year-on-year and, b) the # and % of white kids taking the DC-CAS year-on-year.  By late next year, the first round of results broken down by race will have been made public.  Will Basis' DC-CAS scores for 5th graders beat Latin's?  Probably.

Latin has fewer white and Asian kids, and more FARMS kids, every year as you go up.  Nearly half the 5th graders are high-SES (almost all white or Asian) but only around 5% of the 12th graders.  It will also be interesting to see how many high SES families stick with Latin in the coming years.  If their high school goes from around 15% white and Asian now to one-third within five years, I'll be surprised.  The truth of the matter is that most high-SES Hill families won't send their kids to a high school that's majority AA, unless there's a school-within-a-school program/academy that isn't.  I say this as an AA parent.  We don't live in neighborhoods that are majority low-SES and don't want our kids in classes that are either.  Go on, pitch another hissy fit arch liberal white boosters.

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