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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happens to the social imbalances?  The county can allow/force people to move between school districts.  But that doesn't change where you come from.

So for example, if you live in a DCC cluster and are not wealthy and end up in a W district, how do you address some of social/financial inequities?  Does your child just learn to feel left out?  Does the local PTA take responsibility for paying for things like prom tickets that your family might not be able to afford?

Conversely, [b]what about the W child who now goes to a DCC school.  For years the child dreamed of HS in a certain manner--a car to drive, a limo to prom, the most fashionable clothes.  Her neighbors go to the local W school and have this lifestyle.  It's what she was brought up with and what she expects.  But now her reality is very different and she is teased and mocked for her fashionable clothes.  Her prom is not a high end production as her friends have but rather a lower cost dance[/b].

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Is this post tongue-in-cheek, or real?

Seriously?[/quote]

I'm the parent that wrote this and yes it is serious.  HS is not only about the lower economic SES.  The academic and social needs of ALL children in the county need to be addressed.

:lol:  :cry:    Is this from a teenager or a parent?  Lord help us if it's a parent.[/quote][/quote]

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