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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Affluent AA's in DC send their kids to private after elementary school.[/quote]

Ummm...I'm thinking you're either not AA, you don't have a kid at Deal, you're stuck in 1987 or, you're just talking out of your "arse."  Of course there are affluent AA's who send the kids to public schools in the city.  Just like many affluent white families do.  And just like white families, a lot depends on where you live in the city and what schools you're zoned for.[/quote]

Not PP, but I think there is actually some truth to PP's point about private being a bit more preferred among affluent AAs than among affluent white families in this city.  Others have made these points, but here they are summarized:

1) many of these families are DC natives and went to private schools themselves (when DC public schools were in an even worse state than at present), so that may just be what they're familiar with.  (As an example, one affluent AA, a DC native, recently told me that no DCPS or DCPCS schools were acceptable to their family except LAMB, but they had bad lottery luck twice--they're now at a Big 3 private.)

2) only very recently have EOTP schools in the "Gold Coast" area, along with Cleveland, Eaton, Hearst, etc., started turning around and gaining some traction among more educated families.  Some of these schools used to have a good reputation, but fell out of favor for various reasons, and are now once again attracting educated families, AA and other.

3) some AA educated/affluent families may be concerned about their children being especially susceptible to negative influences from peers, perhaps moreso than white families of the same SES.  There was a thread on this topic sometime within the past year but I don't recall the name of it.[/quote]

Whoops, again, w/o typos, and w/additional info.[/quote]

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