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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is why I think soooo many of the white people in DC are racist AF.  THERE ARE NO WHITE KIDS AT BANNEKER. 
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I was shouting this from the rooftops in some thread not too long ago. Not only won't they consider sending their kids there, they didn't even take the time to look up the data to realize it isn't a school only for black kids. People literally kept saying that. [/quote]

I just looked up some news articles about Banneker's history, and I saw this ...
[quote]Washington Post, 1988
In 1980, [DCPS Superintendent Vincent] Reed's plan passed the school board.  But four month later, the board, convinced the school cater to middle class whites, reversed itself and killed the idea. ... Reed floated one last proposal ... A quota system would give slots to every D.C. ward; areas east of the Anacostia River got more seats than Ward 3, west of Rock Creek Park.[/quote]
Are Bannker's admissions still based on a quota system?[/quote]

Can one of you Banneker experts answer this question?[/quote]

I doubt many people who know Banneker well spend time on DCUM.

Curious why a quota system matters to you, though.  Thirty years ago, ALL DCPS schools were considered subpar, particularly those EOTP.  Schools east of the Anacostia were even lower.  Banneker was a doorway out for families that didn't have private schools as an option.

On the rare (more like nonexistent) chance that white families were going to start taking spots, there was very good reason to reserve seats for other wards.[/quote]

You're curious about why I'm curious???  I'm interested because a few posters are lobbing criticism at people who don't know the details about how Banneker operates and what it's admissions situation is, so I decided to educate myself. Isn't that what people want - for posters to be educated about Banneker?

So now I know that Banneker used to assign seats based on a quota system to ensure adequate black representation. Another quote from Super Reed in that article was that DCPS was 97% black at the time, so the fear of having too many white students at Banneker was nonsensical. So now I'm curious whether any of you know whether Banneker still uses a quota system. I looked at Banneker's website, and it doesn't give much detail. Does anyone know the answer? [/quote]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Benjamin+Banneker+high+school+admissions+quotas[/quote]

I don't know about Banneker, but it looks like Walls does, so why wouldn't Banneker too?[/quote]

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