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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here..

WOW I was not expecting so many replies.  I was able to see both the pros and cons by reading your replies...thanks!

I can see how being in a high FARMS school can effect students negatively in the lower grades but how about in the upper grades...high school for instance? In high school students at a high FARMS school can take more AP and honors courses.  I would assume most of the kids taking AP classes are serious students who are looking forward to going to college.  Wouldnt this give them a better classroom environment? How would such a school impact these students negatively?

I am looking to take my DC out of their base school (which is a high performing school) and into a low performing high school for the purpose of being around a more diverse group of people. [b] Im afraid that DC will stick out like a sore thumb at their base school and might not be able to find a way to fit in.[/b]  [/quote]

More than FARMS, I think the bolded is very important.  If the school was a high FARMS school and predominately white, then if you are white, you wouldn't stick out as much.

Children adapt and most will make friends wherever they are.  But, some kids do have a lower tolerance for being able to adapt, and in later years, the differences become much more pronounced.

My kids are biracial.  They used to go to a school that was majority white.  My one DC would make comments about how DC wanted yellow hair because all of Dc's BFFs were blond.  The few Hispanic kids there were lower SES.  I didn't want my kids to associate Hispanic with poverty.  We moved to a much more diverse school, both SES and ethnicity.  [/quote]

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