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It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

+1 this is spot on. Also why most parents are against financial aid.

Suprisingly most family’s at my kids school are middle class rather than poor is this uncommon?

Assuming your school is a public school, we have very different definitions of what poor is.

Most likely, these middle class families in your public school would be relatively poor elsewhere.

I meant with FA I just forgot to write it as I was in a rush.

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It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

+1 this is spot on. Also why most parents are against financial aid.

Suprisingly most family’s at my kids school are middle class rather than poor is this uncommon?

Assuming your school is a public school, we have very different definitions of what poor is.

Most likely, these middle class families in your public school would be relatively poor elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:I think you guys underestimate how hard it is to go private in a hcol area most people have to tough it out in a public school I know i did and my kid might too.

Huh? Can you explain what you mean by "hard"?
- one of the private school families in a hcol area

I mean have you seen the price of homes lately🤣🤣🤣

To some of us, public schools are like public housing. Either pay for it yourself or get an inferior mess.

Absolutely brutal analogy but true.

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Anonymous wrote:

It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

+1 this is spot on. Also why most parents are against financial aid.

Suprisingly most family’s at my kids school are middle class rather than poor is this uncommon?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

+1 this is spot on. Also why most parents are against financial aid.

Suprisingly most family’s at my kids school are middle class rather than poor is this uncommon?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think you guys underestimate how hard it is to go private in a hcol area most people have to tough it out in a public school I know i did and my kid might too.

Huh? Can you explain what you mean by "hard"?
- one of the private school families in a hcol area

I mean have you seen the price of homes lately🤣🤣🤣

To some of us, public schools are like public housing. Either pay for it yourself or get an inferior mess.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

+1 this is spot on. Also why most parents are against financial aid.

Anonymous wrote:All these things you can find in good public school districts.

Anonymous wrote:I think you guys underestimate how hard it is to go private in a hcol area most people have to tough it out in a public school I know i did and my kid might too.

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Anonymous wrote:

It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

This isn’t quite true. The rich private school parents want their kids to be around other rich kids. They can be rich kids of any color though. Like world bank kids, embassy kids, black surgeons’ kids etc. It’s not so much a color thing - they don’t want poor kids of any color, including poor white kids. Just my observation as a parent at a very diverse private school.

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It's basically this. Whites who can afford private school don't want their kids to be around a lot of black and brown kids in public schools. The few in private? Palatable.

NOVA / DC area is one of the most diverse in the country, however, education-wise, whites want it like somewhere in Indiana.

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Anonymous wrote:I think you guys underestimate how hard it is to go private in a hcol area most people have to tough it out in a public school I know i did and my kid might too.

Huh? Can you explain what you mean by "hard"?
- one of the private school families in a hcol area

I mean have you seen the price of homes lately🤣🤣🤣

To some of us, public schools are like public housing. Either pay for it yourself or get an inferior mess.

The point is that it can be difficult for people to pay for private school when many bought homes in good neighborhoods, usually planning to send kid to public. It’s not fair for all the rich people to pull their kids out of the system.

We bought in an excellent district. I don’t believe in sequestering rich kids away to private, so we send our kid to public even though we could comfortably afford private. We stuck it out for several years, supplemented at home, did outside math, respectfully raised concerns about curriculum and classroom behavior, and I volunteered countless hours helping to run PTA events including big fundraisers to help teachers (They don’t need it, district is rich.), STEM and science nights. I finally just gave up and we are switching this year.

Public education is a very, very different animal from when I was growing up. I went to a crappy poor school in a town where lots of girls get pregnant or do drugs and drop out. I learned to read at school. I was given advanced spelling lists and also allowed to read after completing math work. Everyone learned to spell, read, and write. Problem kids were sent to the principal, and parents yelled and sometimes spanked their kids. Schools now cannot dole out consequences and neither do parents. Teachers are stuck teaching to the bottom, and the rest of the kids are stuck on screens and ignored.

It’s not fair but it’s ok if you do it? Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:I think you guys underestimate how hard it is to go private in a hcol area most people have to tough it out in a public school I know i did and my kid might too.

Huh? Can you explain what you mean by "hard"?
- one of the private school families in a hcol area

I mean have you seen the price of homes lately🤣🤣🤣

To some of us, public schools are like public housing. Either pay for it yourself or get an inferior mess.

The point is that it can be difficult for people to pay for private school when many bought homes in good neighborhoods, usually planning to send kid to public. It’s not fair for all the rich people to pull their kids out of the system.

We bought in an excellent district. I don’t believe in sequestering rich kids away to private, so we send our kid to public even though we could comfortably afford private. We stuck it out for several years, supplemented at home, did outside math, respectfully raised concerns about curriculum and classroom behavior, and I volunteered countless hours helping to run PTA events including big fundraisers to help teachers (They don’t need it, district is rich.), STEM and science nights. I finally just gave up and we are switching this year.

Public education is a very, very different animal from when I was growing up. I went to a crappy poor school in a town where lots of girls get pregnant or do drugs and drop out. I learned to read at school. I was given advanced spelling lists and also allowed to read after completing math work. Everyone learned to spell, read, and write. Problem kids were sent to the principal, and parents yelled and sometimes spanked their kids. Schools now cannot dole out consequences and neither do parents. Teachers are stuck teaching to the bottom, and the rest of the kids are stuck on screens and ignored.