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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading the concerns about the peer group I wonder: how much mingling/friendship is there at Wilson between black and white students of similar SES? I've heard there is a "school within a school" for the high achievers, but is there racial segregation even within that high achieving group?

Sorry if this is a stupid question - my kids aren't yet at Wilson, we're white, and I'm not American.[/quote]

We're white and have a DS who is in honors/AP classes.  The kids DS spends his time with are mostly African American, so DS has not experienced a lot of segregation.  I've read that some schools are integrated during school but segregated after school, and this has definitely not been DS's experience --- his and his friends are frequently at each others' houses, and DS has attended family events with AA friends.  DS plays on a couple of sports teams with mostly AA kids, so that probably impacts his experience.[/quote]

Same with our son at Deal, except his crowd is not the athletic crowd (at all ;)). I can't imagine these boys would suddenly stop being best friends in high school, but this thread makes me worry that half of his friends might not go to Wilson, which would be truly sad. So far they all are talking as if they are going to Wilson, though it hasn't come up among parents yet.[/quote]

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