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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know very much about either school. Are they neighborhood schools and the student population reflects that?[/quote]

They're both city-wide application only public schools.  With great academic results.[/quote]

+1. This is the point of the question, I believe. High SES parents clamoring for schools that have high academic standards, particularly white parents whose children are not zoned for the Deal/Wilson feeder, but who do not give McKinley and Banneker a chance either.[/quote]

There was a long Banneker  thread here a few months ago. Essentially, yes, academics there are higher than other black-majority schools, but lower than TJ, Wilson, SWS, so there's no particular reason why a white family would choose to send their kids there.[/quote]

Have you looked at test scores and  college admission rates? Where do you get your information about Banneker having lower academics than SWS or Wilson? As a previous poster stated, [b]many white students probably would not pass the admission test[/b]. Anyway, the school is doing quite well without white students.  [/quote]

Current Banneker parent here, regarding the bolded, Banneker does not have an admissions test. There is an interview and an essay.[/quote]

Thank you. Can you clarify something else: is there some kind of counselling out for kids, especially boys, who are not up to academic standards? I've heard that happens often, but not sure how, and whether it's purely voluntary or not.[/quote]

I'm the patent who wants kids to not be accepted, because they can't handle pressure.  If accepted, I want them counseled out.  Find the best education experience for your child, instead of ruining it for everyone.

If your boy is a problem, save the rest of us from him.[/quote]

Are you nuts?[/quote]

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