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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, wait....you mean not all white DCUMers are racist because they want their kids in high-performing schools without distractions from troubled youths?[/quote]

An educated person-- black or white-- would not deem you a racist for wanting your child to attend a high performing school.  Middle-upper middle class AAs as well as those who may not have a lot of money but have a vision for thier child's future, want the same thing as you do.  However, as an educated AA I do take issue with folk who lump all black children together as being either poor, unable to perform at the same level as their white classmates, ill-behaved, troubled or all of the above (not necessarily you).

To understand the public school system in DC and the issue of race, you have to know a little about the history of this city and more specifically the chapters on both white flight and black middle class flight.  For several decades the city was made up of primarily high income whites and poor blacks, the latter of which made up more than 85% of DCPS.  Both blacks and whites with any kind of money who remained in the city put their kids in private schools. Many still do.  My husband went to Sidwell, however times have changed, and we enrolled our children in a well regarded charter because our neighborhood school sucks. BTW, quite a number of children with behavioral issues at our school-- which is 50/50, black/white-- are actually white--surprise...surprise!  As the demographics shift and change in DC, some parents (particularly new parents and/or those who have never experienced a system outside of DCPS) may be surprised to learn that there are ill behaved children of every color, every economic level, and in every school, public or private.  The difference is economics.  Private schools can dismiss these kids to solve the problem.  Higher income parents often choose to medicate their children to solve the problem.

That being said, a good administration should be able to contain and control most behavioral issues.  However, it does require time and resource which some parents don't have the patience or stomach for.[/quote]

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