Not the poster you're responding to but can't resist saying grown up, get real, chill.

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Anonymous wrote:No way, Brent and Maury students are mostly upper middle class, not the case at Two Rivers. Brent is not even 5% FARMs (student on Free and Reduced Meals) this school year. By contrast, Two Rivers students at both campuses are mostly poor and lower middle class, though there's a sizable UMC cohort. Two Rivers has some great teachers and a fun curriculum, but hardly anybody sends their children if they're IB for Brent or Maury.

TR is a great school. Don't listen to that troll. My kid is at Maury/Brent but I lotteried repeatedly for TR (although we are happy now in our IB). My kid is not allergic to "farms" kids.

Great, you're open minded, no allergic to poor kids. Doesn't change the fact that there are few in-boundary Maury or Brent kids at either Two Rivers campus. Come on, a poster isn't a troll or snob for stating an inconvenient truth.

When a PTA is in a position to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, a school obviously reaps the benefit. Maury raises around $300,000 these days, and Brent over $400,000.

I mean ... I'm at my IB because it's my IN BOUND SCHOOL and I like to walk there. Not because I'm avoiding poorer kids. You're disgusting and should be ashamed of yourself.

Anonymous wrote:What is the farms rate at 2 rivers?

No school releases "FARMS" data anymore, because at schools where 60% of students qualified they go ahead and give free meals to everyone. So if you look at "FARMS" rates as a proxy for poverty, the data is really inaccurate.

The city has adopted "at risk" percentage as the metric. To qualify a student must be in foster care, homeless, or from a family that qualifies for TANF or SNAP nutrition assistance.

FWIW students who are from 'working poor' families, who wouldn't qualify as 'at risk,' often qualify for free or reduced-price meals.

The at-risk percentage at TR 4th is 26%, and at TRY it is 20%.