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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is everyone jumping on OP? 
It's common knowledge (based on actual research) that you can have up to 20% "at risk" kids in classroom before the quality of the experience goes down for all. 
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want my kids to be a minority in a class of all at risk kids.  [b]And yet OP is getting reamed by score of people who have abandoned all diversity 
and moved to suburbia for classrooms of entirely white and/or non-at-risk kids. [/b]
Hypocritical much?

I work in the trenches of DC with at risk families every day as a social worker for a Medicaid plan.  I'm in and out of these homes (and hotels and shelters) and I love these kids.  But I wouldn't put my kids in a 10 or 20% minority with them day-in and day-out.  Their needs are so great there is no way on earth they can begin to begin to be met in a classroom.  I honestly don't know how many of the city schools even function.  As such, my kids attend DCPS schools with a bit more balance (we're talking 25-50% of kids are from significantly lower economic status households).  It is incredibly important for me that my kids learn shoulder to shoulder with kids from all walks of life in Washington but I see the incredible value of having a mix of economic backgrounds in a classroom.[/quote]

That is just not correct. Suburban schools are not monolithic. DC schools tend to lack diversity—either mostly white or mostly of color. Some suburban schools are much more diverse. Check out in MCPS the Silver Spring elementary schools, for instance. Or the high schools in the DCC.

OP cannot see the irony that she is judging people who moved while complaining that they judge her for staying.

She is assuming a lot, as are you. People are making the best choice they can for their families and do not owe it to their current DCPS to stay if they feel another school (whether suburban public, DC charter, DCPS out of bounds, or private) meets their children’s needs better.[/quote]

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