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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But it also has a significant number of not at risk kids in boundary who do not attend the school.  If the school made some changes to improve and got those kids to attend, Miner could have very different school demographics.  [/quote]

According to DME, the Miner IB population demographics mirror the attending demographics.  Maybe that data can be parsed more closely, but they've said increasing IB population wouldn't change the at-risk numbers.  Increasing IB MC/UMC attendance would also potentially displace the Miner OOB kids who are coming from worse school environments.  The cluster would potentially do this as well, if it were successful.  I believe that's a big reason DME is punting here. They've heard from a lot of affluent parents from both school communities.  They have not heard from Miner at-risk families.[/quote]

I struggle with that because there are definitely some higher income families that buy in Kingman Park in general. I wish we could see hard numbers rather than just accept this at face value. Rosedale rowhomes and the streets (i.e. surrounding the Rosedale rec center) tend to be very small/narrow though so not as appealing to higher SES families.[/quote]

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