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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am new to dc and I noticed the stark difference between the two types of segregation. Private schools are happy if they are racially diverse, but not so happy to be diverse in terms of socioeconomic  groups. If find this attitude a bit schizophrenic. Do you think this is ok? [/quote]

I think it’s great. There is enough diversity with scholarships and other things like that given to particularly meritorious students. This is how it should be. I live in an extremely expensive area with high-end real estate, but our local MCPS high school is a disaster because you simply cannot keep out lower income families where the kids have real behavioral issues. It’s very scary, there is violence, shootings, kids with ankle monitoring bands and more. This is not good for the kids. And although my kids are not being raised in a bubble, I like that most of their friends can have similar lifestyle to them and aspire to the same type of lives as grown-ups. People in this country really underestimate how mixing up so economic diversity is also difficult for the kids. We need to stop using kids social experiments and aspire to better.[/quote]

Your kids are being raised in a bubble. Own it. [/quote]

We built the bubble intentionally.  Why do you have a problem with how we choose to raise our kids, when there is neglect and abuse of children?[/quote]

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