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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I'm squirming at the "don't worry, those kids won't cross your kid's path" comments--in large part, because I was eligible for free lunches through high school. FWIW, I went to college and graduated summa cum laude. It does happen![/b]

Also FWIW, we lost several of our elementary FARMS students last year to the AAP center.

In the end, your child might be far worse influenced by a rich kid with access to Dad's liquor cabinet and lots of cash for drugs.

I'm not ready to accuse you of elitism (yet), but you are quite naive if you think avoiding poor kids is key to your children's success.[/quote]

ITA, but I think some of the PPs were saying that in every high school there are "college bound" kids and "not college bound" and that those kids that are motivated to succeed academically tend to stick together, regardless of their income level or ethnicity.

+100 that sometimes the "bad" influence can be a well-off kid.

The reason I'm happy my kids are in a diverse school is that they can see for themselves that while, yes, for a host of reasons there are some "trends" that can be seen based on income levels, background, etc. they will have a chance to actually be in the same building with many types of people and realize that stereotypes aren't really valid.[/quote]

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