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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]18:16 here

My kids' private schools are more diverse than many public schools that have few OOB kids.  More kids of color, and thanks to large endowments and great FA, kids from many different SES levels.  In the DC area, it's a myth that all privates are filled with rich white kids.   [/quote]

Every time I see a post like this I will call the BS.  Even at the very best private schools in DC, 80 percent of the kids are full pay -- 40k plus a year -- while only a small fraction of the remaining 20 percent are no pay.  Most of those on FA are still paying 10k, 20k, etc.  Yes, there's racial diversity in many of the top DC privates but there isn't economic diversity.  The schools skew rich rich rich, and even the minorities are mostly from professional/wealthy families who live in white neighborhoods and have more in common with their white classmates from Upper NW than the kids EOTP.

Interesting how the same folks who argue that affirmative action shouldn't apply to rich, privileged AA kids also argue that their private schools are "diverse" because they have those same kids.  You can't have it both ways.   [/quote]

I cry BS on your BS.  This may be true at the some of the schools (I have no idea where you got your stats, or what schools you are referring to), but I have three kids in three different, excellent and often mentioned privates.  One school is 40% Caucasian, and 32% of families receive FA.  Another school has about the same level of FA, and it is probably 60% Caucasian.  My oldest DC's school is about the same diversity-wise, but  nearly 40% of families are on FA.  All three schools have families that pay full tuition and are also big donors, and those families are also ethnically diverse.  So I don't know what schools you are talking about, but the schools I know make it part of their mission to be inclusive in as many ways as possible.

I'm not sure why you brought affirmative action into your post, as no one is claiming that anyone is gaming the system, or that DC privates are practicing affirmative action.  Unless you are just trying to stir the pot.[/quote]

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