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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hello neighbor. Honest question. Would you have the same hesitation to send your kid to Janney or Lafayette that has the same makeup but switch black and white? Not being snarky, just an honest question.

To answer your question, I don't agree with PP. The school has already changed immensely. The first PK3 class that opened this year was made of 100% neighborhood kids that reflect the neighborhood demos. I would also say that last year's PK and K were similar.
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you can find an honest answer to your question on DCUM, where I read posts from AA parents questioning whether to send their AA child to a predominantly white school (even Janney, there were posts recently, with some posters saying that AA kids IB for Janney go OOB to Eaton precisely because they do not want to be one of the few AA kids in a school predominantly white).  so yes, sounds like this kind of concern (being the only XYZ child in a class where all other kids are another "race") is shared by people of various backgrounds, and is not necessarily a sign that OP is racist (unless you conclude that an AA family who does not send child to Janney is also racist)[/quote]

I don't see those parents post thread after thread speculating on whether or not the demographics of Janney/Lafayette etc will soon change in their favor. That conversation only happens with EOTP schools.  [/quote]

Correct, but that is a function of the demographic trends in DC, not a result of the mindset of the different groups.[/quote]

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