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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And now we are back to what was said earlier in this thread — wealthier (and whiter) parents know on some level that their kids don’t have to put on the same amount of work to earn a place in college or the workforce.

First generation prospective college students and most black students can’t afford to take that approach. They still need to work harder to prove that they belong at a good college. [/quote]

Actually if you read the links earlier in the thread from a Banneker graduate, it sounds like [b]a lot of what they are doing is making up for gaps in the preparation of a lot of bright kids that have been ill served by DCPS’s less successful schools. [/b] My kid has been well served by DCPS’s schools and does not need that kind of hand holding and it would completely turn her off from school.  [/quote]

This. I have been wanting to post this for as long as this thread has been running, but I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. 
The hard work Banneker students are putting in is the hard work of catching up that other prospective high-schoolers don't need because they have been better prepared from preschool to 8th grade. [b]Banneker is a magnet school for disadvantaged smart and hardworking kids whose academic needs weren't fully met for most of their education.[/b] Why would it be racist for upper middle class hothousing-without-even-noticing white parents to think that Banneker isn't right for their kids? Why do folks love to say "look deep inside of yourself, because there is racism there if you don't even consider Banneker for your kid" when it so clearly has a mission that doesn't match the need of most white families in DC?[/quote]

What?

Every student at Banneker must score a 4 or 5 on PARCC, write an essay, complete an interview, and carry a 3.0 GPA for admissions.

On what basis are you asserting that their academic needs "weren't fully met" or that they are disadvantaged? Only 20% are eligible for an at-risk designation, fewer than Wilson (24%).
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I asserted their academic needs weren't fully met based on this post by a Banneker grad https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/648781.page#11072989

She said :
[quote]90% of us went to elementary and middle schools with lackluster academics and rampant behavior problems.[/quote][quote]With the exception of the handful of kids who went to private schools or relocated from somewhere outside of the District, everyone had to deal with the same B.S. and is happy to be done with that. [/quote][quote]after years of getting A's for doing little to no work, some people couldn't adjust to 2-3 hours of homework every night and being challenged for small mistakes. I was a straight A student my entire life. Banneker is the first place I ever got a C, then a D, and eventually an F. They used to tell us all the time that being in the top 10% of our middle school class meant absolutely nothing because DC has the worst education system in the country. [/quote][quote]my personal opinion is that Banneker is for those kids who are from DCPS and who need to be given adequate college prep and need to erase some of the damage that DCPS does. [/quote][/quote]

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