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I think you are partly right and partly wrong.  First, you are right, without Title I status, the school will be hard pressed for resources unless there is aggressive grant application already in process.  Second, DCPS is obligated to fund aides for K regardless of Title I status.  Third, new IB hosing for low-income families, in combination with a growing OOB population, may almost certainly be enough to push the school into Title I status.  It's not like 100 percent of the PK3 applicants next year will be IB and high-SES.  Fourth, I'm not going to dignify racist/classist talking points.  In my experience, kids from wealthy backgrounds are just as capable of misbehavior and poor academic achievement as those from poorer households.  It's all about the tone and expectations established by families, teachers and administration.[/quote]

Of course children from better off backgrounds have a much better chance at academic success then children living in poor households.  There are multitudes of reasons for this, but a study looked at one of the reasons (stress), which affects a child's brain development.  Families from more educated backgrounds tend to provide more stimulus for their children at a younger age, which helps brain development, while families from less educated backgrounds don't do this as much.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/poverty-linked-to-brain-structure-in-children-new-research-shows/2015/03/31/25fe6f10-d7df-11e4-8103-fa84725dbf9d_story.html

Also, children from more educated families will be corrected in a much better way when they misbehave (which leads most of these children to learn how they should behave), then children from less educated families.  This is why you have severe problems with behavior at a number of Title I schools in DC.[/quote]

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