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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My point is that loads of high achieving Deal (and Hardy, for that matter) kids are now at Wilson--either because they were so pissed off at the process at Walls (several kids I know) or because they preferred Wilson and the opportunities it offers to begin with (my DS and many of their friends).  T[b]he PP's hypothesis about the 9th grade class being "rougher" is both full of dog whistles and full of crap[/b].[/quote]

Agreed on both counts.  And for what it is worth, the student body at Wilson has become significantly more wealthier and whiter over each of the last five years.  So to the extent there is a growing drug problem at Wilson (and as a parent who has kids there I have no reason to think there is), it's a white upper middle class problem, not a problem from the "rougher" crowd that PP is referring to.[/quote]

You are missing the point.  "White and wealthy" does not mean more studious or high achieving.  I'm from a JKLM feeder and there are a lot of white and wealthy kids were complete slacker kids at Deal and now at Wilson.  There parents are successful but the kids are running wild.

It's the academically strong kids that I know who by-in-large chose not to attend Wilson this year.  Most are white but some are not.  In *my* kid's circle of friends at Deal--the academically inclined kids went elsewhere (15 or so--to Walls, private, Catholic).  
Now this is just one small cohort but in my world it is pretty striking.  My kid doesn't have a single friend who went to Wilson and all these kids' older siblings did.  [/quote]

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