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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would welcome a lawsuit that forced DC to integrate its schools.  I was really against the idea of "choice sets" last year, but now I think it's a great idea.  It just makes no sense that on Capitol Hill there are schools that are 50% white within less than a mile of schools that are 99% FARMS.  I think that integrating Capitol Hill schools would be the best possible solution for everyone.  That said I agree with posters that for upper grades and jr highs, DCPS would have to provide programming appropriate for on-grade level kids.  I also think we need an even more robust charter sector, but one that is better regulated to ensure that all families have reasonable access to all kinds of charters -- [b]KIPP style[/b] and CMI style.  [/quote]

High SES whites would never send their kids to KIPP.[/quote]

I know several.[/quote]

That is the most annoying argument- the PP was (implicitly) arguing that the vast majority of high SES whites wouldn't send their kids to KIPP.  The statistics show this to be true.  KIPP Grow, at 421 P St NW, which you think might interest some families in Shaw or along the green line, is 0.6% white.  That is 2 students out of 312.  You may happen to know those 2 families.  But it doesn't invalidate the point that the number of white students at this school is very low.[/quote]

And are you aware of the WL at KIPP?[/quote]

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