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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am extremely skeptical about the quality and motivation of Daily Caller investigative reporting, but I have to say, it does sound like a pretty severe problem and like they did actual (appropriate) reporting.  It's not "stalking".  But I'm not sure about the quality of the reporting.  For example, how they describe L-T as

"in a mostly white neighborhood along a commuter route that runs from Prince George’s County to federal buildings downtown.

The school is almost entirely black and government statistics indicate that few of the students live in the neighborhood. Poor test scores have left neighborhood parents feeling they can’t use their own school, and must pay for private education or enroll their children in a more distant public school."

I don't think that accurately represents the L-T demographics, the current reputation of L-T, or the legitimate OOB system.  It also seems to be trying to drive a pretty ugly racial/class wedge.  [/quote]

It is not far from the truth. The neighborhood parents know who the neighborhood kids are, obviously, but there are tons of residency cheaters with tall tales to justify their MD tags. Of the neighborhood parents, my off the cuff guess would be: 40% at L-T, (but most move due to issues with post-preschool years highlighted in article)  30% charter, 30% private, or parochial, to St Peters. [/quote]

That may be true about the white families, but it is ridiculous to say all the black families at LT are from MD. The LT neighborbood is far from all white, and many students get in OOB legitimately. [/quote]

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