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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would definitely move rather than sacrifice a single year of my child's schooling by knowingly sending her to a failing school where the dysfunction is entrenched. Elementary years are too few and fleeting to waste a moment on a social experiment. [/quote]

+1 or pay for private.  We applied to private schools and the charter our child currently attends, got in off the waitlist.  Our inbound elementary is 90+ % FARMS, we did not even consider it.  If we hadn't gotten into the charter, we simply would have considered private school tuition the toll we pay for cheaper housing and short commute.[/quote]

You know, I always thought that the "XX% FARMs" argument felt a little bit icky. Can you tell me why you do not want your child going to the same school that poor kids go to? [/quote]

Documented, scientifically proven achievement gap. Which means, while teachers are working double time to get a low SES child up to speed (because that child wasn't taught ABCs and numbers when he/she was 2 or 3) your child is sitting there bored and uninspired. That's no way to inspire a life long love of learning. [/quote]

Fair enough, I guess. I got free meals in public school and didn't need anyone working double time to get me up to speed. Sure, is anecdotal, but it seems weird to me that someone would not at least consider their in bounds school beyond knowing how many kids get free meals. [/quote]

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