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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What happens to the social imbalances?  The county can allow/force people to move between school districts.  But that doesn't change where you come from.

So for example, if you live in a DCC cluster and are not wealthy and end up in a W district, how do you address some of social/financial inequities?  Does your child just learn to feel left out?  Does the local PTA take responsibility for paying for things like prom tickets that your family might not be able to afford?

Conversely, what about the W child who now goes to a DCC school.  For years the child dreamed of HS in a certain manner--a car to drive, a limo to prom, the most fashionable clothes.  Her neighbors go to the local W school and have this lifestyle.  [b]It's what she was brought up with and what she expects.  But now her reality is very different and she is teased and mocked for her fashionable clothes.  Her prom is not a high end production as her friends have but rather a lower cost dance[/b].

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You win the prize for most ridiculous post *ever*!

I've seen some racist, mysogynistic, classist posts here, but this one takes the cake.[/quote]

Not sure it's the *most* ridiculous post on DCUM, but it made me roll my eyes.  Was this meant as satire?  My kids go to "W" schools and they seriously couldn't care less what they wear...and as far as I can tell, none of their classmates treat them any differently.  "W" schools are like anywhere else, really -- there may not be as much racial or economic diversity as we might like, but there are kids of all kinds in the schools.  They aren't all Buffys and Biffs in Lilly dresses and Brooks Brothers polos.[/quote]

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