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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish the posters who are worried about sending their white kid to a mostly black high school would read the Banneker alum's post about Banneker being full of black nerds. This is not the same as sending your kid to Ballou! When we attended the open house back when dd was applying to schools, the Banneker students gave tours. They were nice, respectful kids who talked about how much they had to work but it was worth it. A friend of mine substitute taught there and she said the kids were great.

Banneker may not work for your kid, I get that. But what bothers me is educated white families not even investigating Banneker directly based on preconceived notions. Do your research like you would do for anything else and then decide. [/quote]

I wish you read this whole thread before writing such a comment. No one is saying Banneker is Ballou, yet there are a good number of reasons why whites and higher SES blacks prefer to send their kids elsewhere. I was surprised, for example, to see those low SAT scores.[/quote]Yes, I've read the whole thread and I know no one mentioned Ballou. I was searching for an analogy and maybe that wasn't a good one. But it's pretty obvious that some posters are making assumptions about how a white kid would be treated by his/her fellow students at Banneker and those assumptions are clearly not based on direct investigation of the actual conditions at Banneker. And if you reject Banneker out of hand just based on test scores and no other research, then, yes, I think you're not acting responsibly.  Like I said, investigate directly and then decide.  I'm fine with white families rejecting Banneker. I'm not fine when it's done out of failure to actually check out the school. [/quote]

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