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by jayro 1365 days ago
It's true that the students in the school program are high-aptitude, but something like 70% of the students in the middle school where this all started are on the federal free and reduced lunch program (low SES) along with a couple of the top kids in the original cohort, who I taught personally and they were amazing.
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> 70 % of the students in the middle school where this all started

but

> a couple of the top kids in the original cohor

Are their parents from a tight-knit immigrant community, highly educated in their previous country, with economic prospects in the US dimmed by language barrier and professional certifications that got dropped at the border?