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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Here's why: if you, and any subsequent posters (!!) actually knew the neighborhoods surrounding Janney, Key, Mann, Lafayette and to a lesser extent, Murch, you would understand that 95% of the children attending these public schools are not from "all walks of life." They are all from "a privileged background." They are NOT socio-economicallly diverse. They all, with very very few exceptions, are the products of parents in the highest SES bands in the entire United States.

This is a fact. True, there are handfuls of somewhat lower income renters at a handful of these schools but the numbers do not lie.

+1 Well said, totally agree with your analysis.

I am one of the "subsequent posters" (not sure what the !! means). We could go probably go private but[u] we choose to go to Hearst.[/u] It is possible to live in Ward 3 and attend a school that has kid from all walks of life. The other parents at the school have a very wide range of professions-- everything from lawyers and academics to restaurant workers and manual laborers. Hearst absolutely is socio-economically diverse and that is why we chose it, and actively did NOT choose Janney, Mann, etc.[/quote]

One more time, with feeling:  this is a thread that asks about Janney, Key, Lafayette, Mann and probably Murch.

It is not asking about Stoddert, Eaton, Hearst.   It is not asking about private schools in Dallas.  It is not asking about Catholic schools in south Chicago as an alternative to public schools in south Chicago.[/quote]

Hi, thanks PP. OP here. Yes, please, the question is about GDS/Sidwell versus JKLM (in fact, we are considering Mann specifically) differences (i.e. curricular, academically speaking, teacher quality, languages exposure, arts, music, etc....)[/quote]

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