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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is about a 30%-40% difference in math and reading proficiency scores between Fields road and the Wootton cluster elementary schools.

Why do you think this is? I will tell you why-parent engagement. Many of the lower performing elementary schools have parents that are working multiple jobs, The kids are left alone sometimes for extended periods. Academics takes a back seat. Not saying they have full control over this but this is the reality.

I love how some of you think these kids will magically become high performers when moved to Crown. I’m sure they already had great teachers who tried to push them to achieve. Unless you have a ton of internal motivation that simply doesn’t work. [/quote]

Exactly this. Why should families that worked hard for a home in the Wootton cluster have to send their kids to school with classmates who are less motivated, less engaged, and less successful? [/quote]

If you are both real people posting in good faith about what you think about kids that attend Fields Road, I can tell you it sounds like your kids and your family as a whole will benefit a lot from being part of a community with kids from Fields Road. You will hopefully become less ignorant and more resilient. To those of us whose kids attend racially and socioeconomically diverse schools, it sounds like you are suffering greatly from disordered thinking, and I really hope you get better.
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“disordered thinking” So you think the statistics about math and reading proficiency are made up? [/quote]

You are saying that there are minimum qualifications to go to school at Wootton with high-achieving students, so that should be across the board and regardless of where kids live, they should be shut out without minimum GPA's, high level courses, and at least 1400 SAT (so 90%).  There are kids at Wootton who are struggling - academically, homelife, and emotionally - look at some of the stuff that has happened there.  Good families are subjective.   You can have your basic needs met by money, but not emotionally or in other ways.  Plenty of kids with mental health and other issues there, just like in all schools.  Looking down on a parent who makes less than you and say their kids cannot go to school with yours, speaks volumes of your character.  How much do you make?  So, what if families who make more than you deem your salary not enough and want your kids out?[/quote]

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