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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of outright lies or at least confusion here. The only majority white public schools in DC are DCPS neighborhood schools, mostly in NW but also on the Hill. Charter schools in DC serve the same or higher proportions or POC and low income families as DCPS does. [/quote]

That's right. Our charter is "whiter" than DCPS overall, but only about 30% white, while 50% black, with the rest a mix of Latino, multi-racial, and a few Asians.  Seems pretty diverse to me, both in terms of race and SES.[/quote]

Only diverse charters are DCI, LATIN and Basis

There are few options for MC and UMC whites too 
Unless you are in North White DC [/quote]

Funny story, Deal and Basis have almost the same black/white stats. And Latin has same % whites but @10% more black students overall. [/quote]

Yeah that’s the point[/quote]

Except it ignores what you refer to as "diversity" as against the broader enrolled population. Ward 3 enrolled population is 49% white and 19% black. DC enrolled population is 12% white and 65% black. A measure of diversity would expect the percentage in a school to reflect (directionally at least) the overall population. By that measure Latin and Basis (Basis in particular) is much whiter than expected diversity would indicate. Deal's white population is actually reflective if the IB demos. The idea that diversity should be considered "achieved" when there's an even percentage ignores considerations of existing populations. There are 62 Pacific Islanders/Hawaiians enrolled in DC. It would be silly for me to complain that the absence of an even number of that group in my school indicates a lack of diversity.

Using the word "diversity" without context or definition is nothing more than a Rorschach test.[/quote]

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