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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The diversity problem in APS has nothing to do with race - it has to do socioeconomics. I don't know anyone at any school in APS that has a problem with people of color; the issue is with the lower income families who tend to have lower levels of education and in most cases are also people of color. Wealthy, educated, professionally-employed people of color are not what makes people not want to send their kids to Wakefield -- it's the notion that their kids, white or otherwise, who they expect to go to college and to be high achievers, will be attending a school where many of the parents have not attended college, have blue collar jobs, and have kids that may not be achieving on as high a level as their own kids (who have had a lot of advantages) and may not ultimately be college bound. I don't think it's about race at all, it's about perceived atmosphere, and the fear that their kids will stand out if they are white and wealthy and advantaged. [/quote]

In APS, race and SES are strongly correlated.  White kids are high SES and most non-whites are not.

And I don't think white parents avoiding Wakefield worry that their kids will stand out, so much as that they'll be taken for granted in a school where the primary focus is helping other students meet basic competency goals. [/quote]

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