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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many Charters are super integrated. Even the fancy ones -- BASIS, DCI and Latin fit the actual definition of integrated (no one race more than 70 percent of the population).

Other charters are not integrated but at serving their low-income populations better than the  DCPS schools (like DC Prep getting everyone into college).

DCPS schools in gentrifying neighborhoods are sometimes integrated and there is an opportunity here to be a model. Like I feel Garrison actually serves all demographics well.

Other DCPS schools are not integrated because the housing is segregated. Do people really want to run busses between Ward 3 and EOTR or something? This sounds like a mess.

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BASIS might meet the letter of the law definition of integration, but I don't think a school with 6% of students at risk in a city with a public student population that's 45% at risk is actually what anybody is talking about when they say integration.[/quote]

Pffft.

At least it's possible for very poor children to attend BASIS.

Jackson-Reid, Janney, Murch, Deal, etc. all impose de facto wealth tests on their students. If your parents can't afford a house in Ward 3, sorry you have to go somewhere else! [/quote]

Make every seat in every school in the city a lottery seat. Issue solved. [/quote]

No, this is the dumbest idea. Neighborhood schools create communities and foster friendships between neighbors. [/quote]

It's how rich white people keep undesirables out of their schools. [/quote]

Someone's never met any rich black people[/quote]

You think you're school is diverse if there's a black surgeon? In a city where 20 percent live under the poverty line? We'll put you down as not actually caring about integration. [/quote]

Everyone wants a good safe community building neighborhood school.[/quote]

The problem is not the parents. The problem is DC lacks the spine to make schools safe and everyone knows it. Regardless of race, if I feel like others can totally ignore the social contract and get away with it, or worse blame me and my kids for the problems other kids are causing (not as frequent as it used to be!), I’m not going to stick around. [/quote]

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