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Visit Latin, dude, the other charter built on great rigor.  Observe many white and Asian kids (many adopted by whites) in 5th grade.  Observe a handful of white and Asian kids in 10th through 12th.  Note that the white parents aren't talking about leaving, the opposite.  Put two and two together.  High SES attrition is rampant at Latin and will occur at Basis.  The only questions are how high the attrition will be and if the school will care to address the problem head on.  Departing parents speak euphamistically about "good fit" schools" elsewhere when, privately, most aren't convinced that academic standards will be terribly high, or social environments all that positive, when most of their kids classmates come from multi-generational low-income families.

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What you see in the upper grades at Latin is that the school struggled under previous leadership.  Some of the high SES kids left (not really sure what color -- does it matter?).  Latin doesn't admit after 9th.  I see a lot of kids who are choosing to stay at Latin for HS, including kids who get into private and Walls.  I see Latin offering a lot of support to students who struggle -- extra work during the elective period, after school help, and summer school.  I think you will also see a lot of students staying at Latin just looking at their college placement.  Latin got every single graduating senior into college from its first graduating class and in terms of scholarship money for their first graduating class more than Walls did on a per student basis (8 million versus 5.5 million; 109 graduating seniors versus 42).

I don't think you can make any assumptions about high SES attrition at Basis.  With Wilson closed to OOB, where do the high SES kids go who don't want to do private and don't live in bounds for Wilson?  [/quote]

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