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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, he was rezoned from Powell to Bruce Monroe. (We were too, and there is honestly no way I'd send my kid there either.) [/quote]

Strange to imply that the schools are that different, they are very similar, with similar demographics.  A few years ago Bruce Monroe had better test scores.  Don't have a kid in either school but Powell is not that much better than Bruce Monroe.  And Bruce Monroe now has a new, young, dynamic principal.  [/quote]

Powell has higher test scores, a lower percentage of English Language learners, and its percentage of whites+asians+mixed race is three times that of bruce monroe.   I do not know if those are related to DS's concerns, but that [b]stood out for me comparing the profiles.[/b]  [/quote]

This is funny.  Bruce Monroe has a white population of 2%, at Powell it's 5%.  Whites+asians+mixed race is 3% compared to 8%.  Give me a break, compared to a WOTP school, or a school in the rest of the country, their demographics are very similar.  11% black (powell), 19% black at bruce Monroe, similar Hispanic populations.   [/quote]

[b]That is the difference between your kid being the only one who is not black or hispanic in a classroom, or one of two or three. [/b]  When I see something that is double or triple something else, that stands out, even if the percentage is still small.  [/quote]

What of it? My kid is the only of one race. It's not biggie. There have been only black kids for years and years...probably are at many WOTPs. [/quote]

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