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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some low-income families who are stable enough to get their kids WOTP each day and who want to deal with the culture clashes of being in a tiny economic (and often racial) minority at an extremely rich school. I would love it if Janney and other schools had their boundaries and lottery process adjusted to make that possible.

There are probably more low-income families who do not want to bring their kids to Tenleytown each day and don't even like the policies and culture at schools like Janney. I know lots of families who would turn down a seat at Janney for a seat at KIPP or DC Prep or their IB school or a language immersion program or a scholarship to private or parochial school (and if you are a motivated and stable low-income family with a high-performing kid, those scholarships are there). And when you look at the scores for at-risk, economically disadvantaged, or African-American students at some WOTP schools, I don't necessarily think these parents are making the wrong choice.

I'm glad there are options. I want there to be better options for kids whose parents can't take them across town each day, and I want the at-risk kids whose parents are willing to take them WOTP (or who already live there) to get a boost in the lottery for PK and OOB, and I want the schools to be more welcoming to families that aren't rich (I'm looking at you, Lafayette, with your >$100 "classroom activity fee" in addition to PTA dues).[/quote]

This is so baffling.  You want to be able to send your kids to “those” schools but you wish there were fewer “rich” kids?!  Seriously, what about those schools appears desirable to you that is fully separable from there being a lot of kids there with highly-educated parents?[/quote]

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