Banneker vs. Walls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Banneker is 70% Black. That’s a massive reduction from the 90% you cite, a change your post implies you would welcome. Yet you adamantly refuse to acknowledge that change. That’s why I’m suspicious of your call for change. You say the school is “behind the times,” but you’re obviously not paying attention to the school as it exists today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Banneker is 70% Black. That’s a massive reduction from the 90% you cite, a change your post implies you would welcome. Yet you adamantly refuse to acknowledge that change. That’s why I’m suspicious of your call for change. You say the school is “behind the times,” but you’re obviously not paying attention to the school as it exists today.

NP. This seems like a fair observation and conclusion. One might reasonably inquire as whether someone who repeats outdated data in an effort to support their "conclusion" is merely misinformed or intentionally malignant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Not a huge difference, but the most recent data is 3%. I point that out because if someone called me out for using incorrect data I might at least double check my references. It's here if you want to see it. https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/9/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Not a huge difference, but the most recent data is 3%. I point that out because if someone called me out for using incorrect data I might at least double check my references. It's here if you want to see it. https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/9/

So Banneker is a little more than 70% black, a little more than 20% Latino, around 3% white. Translation: nowhere near diverse enough for most high SES DC parents of all races. Whatever its merits, Banneker feels seriously irrelevant to this Asian parent, a school that belongs in a bygone era, my immigrant parents' time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Not a huge difference, but the most recent data is 3%. I point that out because if someone called me out for using incorrect data I might at least double check my references. It's here if you want to see it. https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/9/

So Banneker is a little more than 70% black, a little more than 20% Latino, around 3% white. Translation: nowhere near diverse enough for most high SES DC parents of all races. Whatever its merits, Banneker feels seriously irrelevant to this Asian parent, a school that belongs in a bygone era, my immigrant parents' time.

I appreciate Banneker for what it is and what it does, but I also wouldn't send my black children there.

[Anonymous]

+100.

[Anonymous]

Guys, Banneker is a minority choice for every demographic in the city. So is BASIS and Latin and DCI and Duke and Walls etc. Surely we understand how school choice works by now? Just because a school doesn’t appeal to absolutely everyone doesn’t mean it needs to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Not a huge difference, but the most recent data is 3%. I point that out because if someone called me out for using incorrect data I might at least double check my references. It's here if you want to see it. https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/9/

So Banneker is a little more than 70% black, a little more than 20% Latino, around 3% white. Translation: nowhere near diverse enough for most high SES DC parents of all races. Whatever its merits, Banneker feels seriously irrelevant to this Asian parent, a school that belongs in a bygone era, my immigrant parents' time.

Yes, please do not go to the school. I like my kids’ friends and they don’t need a family like you there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Not a huge difference, but the most recent data is 3%. I point that out because if someone called me out for using incorrect data I might at least double check my references. It's here if you want to see it. https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/9/

So Banneker is a little more than 70% black, a little more than 20% Latino, around 3% white. Translation: nowhere near diverse enough for most high SES DC parents of all races. Whatever its merits, Banneker feels seriously irrelevant to this Asian parent, a school that belongs in a bygone era, my immigrant parents' time.

DC Proper is like 5% Asian so I don't know what you expect.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which out-of-date stats? Banneker is now 2% white?

Whatever, the school is behind the times and needs to change.

Not a huge difference, but the most recent data is 3%. I point that out because if someone called me out for using incorrect data I might at least double check my references. It's here if you want to see it. https://www.myschooldc.org/schools/profile/9/

So Banneker is a little more than 70% black, a little more than 20% Latino, around 3% white. Translation: nowhere near diverse enough for most high SES DC parents of all races. Whatever its merits, Banneker feels seriously irrelevant to this Asian parent, a school that belongs in a bygone era, my immigrant parents' time.

DC Proper is like 5% Asian so I don't know what you expect.

PP has a superiority problem.

[Anonymous]

I’m Asian and find the pp above blanket racist. She’d clearly rather send her kid to a school that is 70 percent white, all other things being equal. Shame on your

[Anonymous]

Come on, I'm Asian, but won't call a poster of any race who decries the lack of diversity and academic achievement at Banneker racist. Spare us your holier-than-thou woke nonsense.

If the school were a lot more racially and socioeconomically diverse in an increasingly diverse city, it would surely get better results, with all boats rising with the tide.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone give me an overview of how Banneker (and McKinley) fill up seats that don't match in the initial lottery? Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Come on, I'm Asian, but won't call a poster of any race who decries the lack of diversity and academic achievement at Banneker racist. Spare us your holier-than-thou woke nonsense.

If the school were a lot more racially and socioeconomically diverse in an increasingly diverse city, it would surely get better results, with all boats rising with the tide.

I bet you call posters of any race who decry the lack of diversity at TJ racists.

[Anonymous]

Huh? This post makes no sense to me, and has no bearing on Banneker vs. Walls. TJ may have strong Asian representations, but is still quite diverse, become more so due to a new admissions system.