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[quote=Anonymous]I am a parent of a child who is at a title 1 school. I am involved on my DD's PTA and we have about 10-15 members that is a diverse mix. However, it is hard to make any changes and get anything done with so little support.  Also, many of the title 1 schools don't have the best after care programs and limited clubs available - like my DD's school. The school itself has good teachers so far however the kids who misbehave get more attention then the kids that are doing good. My child is doing well academically and gets some enrichment but I don't think she would if she were in a lower farms school.

I think the strength and involvement of the PTA shows the involvement of the community so this is what I am looking for when I move. You can have a title 1 school like Viers Mill with a 60's farm rate but still have good programming for the kids. They don't have the best after care program but they have club offerings, and a strong PTA that offers school wide events.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am moving to Maryland soon and I’d like to know which schools have the most diversity. Also, I’m looking for something that has high test scores as well. [/quote]

Depends what you mean by diverse.  My child's school is racially diverse.  He's white and 12% of the student population is white.  But it also comes with a low SES so it is a pretty miserable school.

Contrast to the very diverse small private school he came from, where he was also a racial minority.  But everyone obviously was middle class and higher.  That was an amazing experience and I wish we could have continued it.

If[b] I could have changed anything, I would have avoided low SES schools like the plague[/b].  [/quote]

Op, listen to this pp. [/quote]
AKA, "I got mine and to hell with everyone else."[/quote]

Serious question, what good is my child's presence in a failing school?  Yes, I contribute to PTSA and volunteer, but one person doesn't make a difference.  25 people don't make difference.   And that's about the size of the active PTSA members, who are all white and Asian/South Asian.  In a predominately Latino and Black school.

The causes of the problems are much bigger than the school community.  They are things the schools cannot fix.[/quote]

This sounds similar to the school I work at. It is “only” about 60% FARMS but the PTA is only 5 members strong- and 4/5 white (even though the school is less than 10% white). They tried to support the community and were amazing considering the lack of support, but for things to truly change, whole neighborhoods would need to be added to the school. Based on my experience teaching at this school, I agree that a school with under 50% FARMS is more desirable.

*Also, I’ve worked at this school for 10+ years and I used to love it and encourage friends to send kids to focus schools (schools just under Title 1), but no longer. The behaviors are out of control and there’s not enough staff to meet the high needs of our students.[/quote][/quote]

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