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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, just stay off the Hill.  It's a diverse community and we like it that way.  You may just be one person, but if a whole posse comes in searching for an artificial "utopia" (I don't consider a school with all high-SES to be such, but others might), we will lose some of the best things about our neighborhood and our schools.  Just move to someplace where you can find a negligible FARMS rate and little ethnic diversity and be happy with yourself.  Leave the Hill for those of us who value all kinds of diversity in our lives and those of our children, even if it doesn't always make things perfect.[/quote]

Speak for yourself.  I've been on the Hill since the early 90s.  My wife and I bought in the Brent District because we want our kid to get a good ES education, want to save for college rather than pay for CHD or St. Peter's (although we belong to the parish) and aren't convinced that would happen at any other DPCS EotP school.

When mostly high SES equates to fairly high standards for pupils, adequate support for advanced learners, good facilities and a nurturing and orderly environment, as at Brent, we'll take it.  Stick with the rowdy Cluster, babe.

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Sorry, we ARE at Brent.  We enjoy the excellent education, too, thank you.  We also value the diversity that still exists (thank goodness).  [/quote]

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