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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I honestly don't understand why OP took such a hit for asking this question.  I'm curious about this topic too.  Is there something wrong with that?

Why am I curious?  I live in Southwest, and, before Van Ness opened, I witnessed folks who tried to keep poor black kids from my neighborhood out of the school.  I'm wondering how things have panned out so far.

Why don't I just go see for myself? Because, while I am curious, I don't care quite enough to take time out of my work day to investigate.

Isn't it offense to even ask?  No.  If curiosity about the demographics of a school is offensive, then people should be protesting at the headquarters of DCPS, which prominently displays on its website the racial breakdown of each school with a pie chart.

Anyway, back to the topic.  Does anyone have any actual insight about the question raised that they would like to share?

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The OP took a hit because every DCPS discussed in this forum is judged by the mix of black and white kids.  It's usually posed as "well-prepared" = white and "parents don't value education" = black.  No one cares much about Asian, Hispanic or Other, and clearly some of the responding posts assumed the OP wanted to know how many white kids showed up.

If you're curious about what happened to all the poor black kids, it's easy enough to just ask that - as you did.[/quote]

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