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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, it's not "an attitude" or "values" - it's an acknowledgement of reality.  The studies and data confirm that if low-SES students comprise more than 20% of the student body, there are diminishing returns and increasing problems.

You can try and spin that however you like, but it doesn't change the reality of it.[/quote]

I read every post and can safely say I'm not the one spinning.

I'm still trying to figure out where to send my kid who's not yet pre-K, and everything I've been reading from and about the vaunted "west of the park" makes the schools there sound grossly unappealing.  I keep looking for evidence of inspiring teachers and/or principals and/or kids who go out and do fantastic things. All I keep finding are stories like the cupcake principal and an awful lot of whining and fearmongering about the certain destruction of DCPS if more brown faced kids are allowed to infiltrate public schools in Ward 3. Maybe there are just 5-10 people with time and motivation to hang out on these boards and +1 the shit out of all the "studies that show" you're absolutely right to believe that socioeconomic diversity is the first step in the fall of mankind.

I'm actually grateful to see true feelings revealed because I was about to drink the kook aid on JKLM schools (and the best little secret, Hearst!) but I couldn't put my finger on what made these schools "better" beyond test scores and families who have money for real estate but not for private schools. I can finally understand why so many go for charters, where the diversity seems appreciated or and even essential to the success of a school.

Spin that however you want. [/quote]

Man sees what he wants to see and disregards the rest.. You're no different than the posters you criticize, just more sanctimonious.

Singed, an observer who hasn't commented. [/quote]Ewww, aren't you special, pp?  You're just dripping with sanctimony yourself! (DP here)
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