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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]23:11 here - my concern was less with Yorktown and more with the elementary school, which is 1% FARMS and at least 84% white.  (Asians make up the largest minority group, by a landslide.)  Our neighborhood is very, very, very caucasian.  So yes, I am a little concerned that my daughter will grow up with an unrealistic view of the world.  Her preschool is diverse, and we do a lot of our extracurriculars in South Arlington, but still.

the thing to note with Wakefield - and TC Williams - and the lower ranked Fairfax schools - is that [b]once you control for the demographics within the schools,[/b] the college-prep white kids tend to achieve everywhere.  Kids tend to hang with other kids who are like them.  [/quote]

Ah, tokenism? It's ok to go to school with brown children because the white kids still score well on tests?

Test scores don't say anything about a school culture. And our children should always be given opportunities to achieve BECAUSE of school environment, not DESPITE it.[/quote]

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