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I agree that parents have separated public schools into rich ones and poor ones; that's part of the problem I'm trying to describe. Wealthy parents want their kids around other wealthy families, not because it's a good idea, but because they don't understand social development.
But you're overgeneralizing. There are plenty of places in America where even the rich schools have some poor families.
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Lots of homeschool parents socialize across class too, especially those who organize their social lives around a church.
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What's obvious to you is factually incorrect. Ask a realtor about whether school quality matters to parents. Wealthy parents choose wealthy neighborhoods where their kids go to school with other wealthy kids.
My dad taught at a poor school. All the kids there were from poor families. All the rich kids went to a different school.
That may be true, but they don't want that for their kids and they pay to avoid it.