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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Again no one has a problem with high achieving African american or Hispanic kids in schools[/b]

issue around here is most of the poor folks are either African american or hispanic[/quote]

Actually plenty of people have a problem, starting with the assumption that there aren't any.

But if you're trying to make the point that people aren't trying to exclude black/Hispanic kids from the public schools their kids go to, they're trying to exclude poor kids from the public schools their kids go to - you know what? That's not any better.[/quote]

Why is it okay to say that we don't want our kids to go to a school with lots of wealth and privilege but NOT okay to say that we don't want our kids to go to a school with lots of poor kids? Both of those environments have distinct set of issues that most parents like myself and understandably so, would want to avoid. I'm a minority by the way, in a diverse school that is 28% FARMS. We moved away from a school that was over 50% FARMS and don't feel guilty about it. [/quote]

Nobody wants their kids to go to a school with lots of poor kids - including the parents of poor kids. High-poverty schools are bad for kids' education.[b] Which is why the county government and school board should enact policies that reduce the numbers of kids in high-poverty schools[/b]. [/quote]

And until that happens, families with the means to do so, will continue to avoid high poverty schools. [/quote]

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