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People sometimes look at you funny when you say your kids attend U. City schools. What they don't know is in this blog post.
We all want the best for our children. Early on, we start molding them hoping they will achieve all of their wildest dreams (and maybe some of our own as well).
My husband is an attorney and I am a marketing manager for a
$1.5 billion business unit of a Fortune 100 company. We like to think that
we’re successful and are preparing our children for a successful future –
whatever that may look like for them.
When we tell people we live in U. City the inevitable next question is, “So where do your kids go to school?” As our new acquaintances attempt to mask their surprise at our response, we tend to get defensive and launch into a stump speech on why U. City schools. But in my head I’m thinking, “Do you really take us for parents that would risk our children’s education – their future?”
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People point to MAP data to illustrate the poor achievement rates at U. City. The truth is, you can’t look at raw data and get the real picture. When the data is viewed by the make-up of the student population, U. City students are achieving on par with their counterparts in the Clayton and Ladue school districts.
But achievement isn’t the only decision factor for some families. It’s not uncommon to hear, “I don’t want my child to be a minority” or, “I want my child to be in an environment where all children are striving for college.”