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[/quote]Yep, that's the part that bothers me about this conversation. No one wants their kid to endure a class full of disruption but I see a lot of assumptions being made across the board about low-income black children. Sad.[/quote]

What bothers me about this conversation, and L-T's situation is the lack of practicality and focus.  The neighborhood is no longer populated predominantly by low-income black children.  You can argue about assumptions being made about such kids until you're blue in the face without changing anything.  What is obviously true is that most high-SES parents in the Stanton Park neighborhood won't put  their kids in majority AA classes, because AA is highly correlated with socially and academically challenged in DCPS.  Maybe a 1/4 of these are OK with sending their kids to majority AA classes (mostly very liberal whites, vs. high-SES black parents).

To effect change, you need to draw in IB parents, who are mostly white, as a group to K.  To attract them, you need to talk to them, to engage them.  The starting point has to be Cobbs going with her PG County address cheating supporters.

Practical and focused or not, you will never ever get anywhere with DCPS or elected leaders with the logic you employ above.  And if this attitude runs through the dealings LT inboundary families is predominant I am not at all surprised that you all haven't gotten anywhere with the principal or DCPS.  It's a losing proposition in our city to take this tack.

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