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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like Banneker is so different from other schools that test scores can’t really be the deciding factor. Do you want your kid to go to a historical black highly academically intensive school with tons of homework and less “traditional” HS culture like sports? Or do you want your kid to have a more traditional and flexible experience in a less academically focused culture? [/quote]
I agree I wish the gentrifiers could understand this concept. [/quote]

Yuck.[/quote]

I don’t get that post. Can you explain it, please? Gentrifiers? Who?[/quote]

I think it is intended as a comment on the type of parent like the PP who believes Banneker needs to market itself to parents with a full list of college admissions … [/quote]

It's also coded racism. Get real.[/quote]

Next time the debate comes up between "white people don't choose Banneker because they are racist" and "white people don't choose Banneker because they expect they are not really wanted there," the "gentrifiers" post above should be Exhibit #1.  SMH.[/quote]

Oh ffs. I am a white mom whose kid goes to a majority black MS. We’ve never felt anything but welcomed as I imagine we would at Banneker if we ever had the opportunity to send our kid thete.

It’s not so much race as class & cultural ignorance that the word “gentrifier” points to here. You’re really getting up on your high horse to proclaim Banneker needs slicker PR? OK. It’s not for you, move on. [/quote]

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