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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]

Not PP but I completely agree with him/her. It has been stated many times that AA as a whole don't perform as well on the SATs so comparing Banneker's SATs does NOTHING for the argument. Banneker outperform DCPS and who do you think is even taking SATs other than the kids at the decent high schools. It's really a moot point since most colleges are going away from even requiring SATs for admission (because they acknowledge the gap as well and know that SATs aren't an indicative measure of success). William and Mary just announced removing SATs for higher than 3.5 GPAs yesterday. The fact is Banneker is a great school. It is pretty sad that you don't see many folks in DC consider it. I do think that will start to change soon.[/quote]

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