Deep Racism Problems at NCS and STA: Questions/Answers we can't get through admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. DC has one of the most wealthy and educated black populations of anywhere in America. Where are their kids going to school??

Sidwell, GDS, and Maret

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. DC has one of the most wealthy and educated black populations of anywhere in America. Where are their kids going to school??

Sidwell, GDS, and Maret

And to public schoools in suburbs such as Fairfax County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. DC has one of the most wealthy and educated black populations of anywhere in America. Where are their kids going to school??

Sidwell, GDS, and Maret

And to public schoools in suburbs such as Fairfax County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, etc.

More African American students in Sidwell than in public schools in Fairfax county. Do not know about Montgomery County, Prince George's County.

[Anonymous]

I am in PG. Most of my social circle of accomplished parents (lawyers, doctors, scientists, corporate execs, business owners, non-profit execs, politicians, engineers, etc) are sending their kids to public charter/lottery schools in the county or to smaller mid-tier Catholic/Christian schools in PG or DC. Mine have been at a small private PreK-8 in PG but we are looking at schools that go through high school now and looking at all the various options including the elite schools. A few that I know pursue the big name privates but it is a much smaller percentage...like less than 10% of the folks I know apply to them or have children attending.

[Anonymous]

I'd add that when we look at moving to highly ranked public schools in another county, the population can be less diverse than some of the top private schools who at least benefit from students coming from all over the metro area vs who lives in the right zip codes.

[Anonymous]

SSSAS has a lot of students from PG and has a bus system to support that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am in PG. Most of my social circle of accomplished parents (lawyers, doctors, scientists, corporate execs, business owners, non-profit execs, politicians, engineers, etc) are sending their kids to public charter/lottery schools in the county or to smaller mid-tier Catholic/Christian schools in PG or DC. Mine have been at a small private PreK-8 in PG but we are looking at schools that go through high school now and looking at all the various options including the elite schools. A few that I know pursue the big name privates but it is a much smaller percentage...like less than 10% of the folks I know apply to them or have children attending.

I find it hard to believe they are sending their kids to any county public school, be it regular or charter because the schools are horrible. We do a private in VA and we live in PG. My neighbor does one in Annapolis and a couple do local Christian schools. We do have a neighbor that had a child just graduate from Maret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd add that when we look at moving to highly ranked public schools in another county, the population can be less diverse than some of the top private schools who at least benefit from students coming from all over the metro area vs who lives in the right zip codes.

We do a small private in VA, K-8. We looked at some of the elite privates but found we liked the community, diversity and other things at this school. In addition, my commute from Clinton to Alexandria is much better than it would have been to upper NW. I work a lot from home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am in PG. Most of my social circle of accomplished parents (lawyers, doctors, scientists, corporate execs, business owners, non-profit execs, politicians, engineers, etc) are sending their kids to public charter/lottery schools in the county or to smaller mid-tier Catholic/Christian schools in PG or DC. Mine have been at a small private PreK-8 in PG but we are looking at schools that go through high school now and looking at all the various options including the elite schools. A few that I know pursue the big name privates but it is a much smaller percentage...like less than 10% of the folks I know apply to them or have children attending.

I find it hard to believe they are sending their kids to any county public school, be it regular or charter because the schools are horrible. We do a private in VA and we live in PG. My neighbor does one in Annapolis and a couple do local Christian schools. We do have a neighbor that had a child just graduate from Maret.

There are several AA families at the Cathedral schools from PG county. One of my daughter’s best friends lives in PG county and prior to COVID there was a group shuttle organized. Now her parents drive her in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am in PG. Most of my social circle of accomplished parents (lawyers, doctors, scientists, corporate execs, business owners, non-profit execs, politicians, engineers, etc) are sending their kids to public charter/lottery schools in the county or to smaller mid-tier Catholic/Christian schools in PG or DC. Mine have been at a small private PreK-8 in PG but we are looking at schools that go through high school now and looking at all the various options including the elite schools. A few that I know pursue the big name privates but it is a much smaller percentage...like less than 10% of the folks I know apply to them or have children attending.

I find it hard to believe they are sending their kids to any county public school, be it regular or charter because the schools are horrible. We do a private in VA and we live in PG. My neighbor does one in Annapolis and a couple do local Christian schools. We do have a neighbor that had a child just graduate from Maret.

I have many physician coworkers who send their very bright kids to public schools in PG. I can think of 10 families at least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. DC has one of the most wealthy and educated black populations of anywhere in America. Where are their kids going to school??

Sidwell, GDS, and Maret

Percentage of black students in these elite private schools are higher than percentage of black people in US population.

[Anonymous]

STA has a fundamental systematic problem. It’s going to take some time for it to turn around or they might not want to turn around. I agree with PP. it starts at the admission office. NCS teachers and admission officers look at your kids and evaluate them as kids without thinking too much about the skin colors. When they talk to you, they are interested in you as a person. I tell you, when you go to school tours with STA, if you are minority, you will feel it. They judge you. I heard many good things about their headmaster. God bless him for trying. But this is not a situation one super hero can change. It’s just systematic and it’s in most of their staff’s blood. It’s a private school and they probably have the right to keep it this way. As a parent, you have to make the best judgement call for your kids. I understand some PP stated the world is not fair and tough up. But, as a parent, I don’t think my kid deserves to be treated differently by skin colors, and grow their personality under this STA environment. Just NO!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:STA has a fundamental systematic problem. It’s going to take some time for it to turn around or they might not want to turn around. I agree with PP. it starts at the admission office. NCS teachers and admission officers look at your kids and evaluate them as kids without thinking too much about the skin colors. When they talk to you, they are interested in you as a person. I tell you, when you go to school tours with STA, if you are minority, you will feel it. They judge you. I heard many good things about their headmaster. God bless him for trying. But this is not a situation one super hero can change. It’s just systematic and it’s in most of their staff’s blood. It’s a private school and they probably have the right to keep it this way. As a parent, you have to make the best judgement call for your kids. I understand some PP stated the world is not fair and tough up. But, as a parent, I don’t think my kid deserves to be treated differently by skin colors, and grow their personality under this STA environment. Just NO!

+1 If you're a minority you have felt it when meeting the admissions officials. It is striking. I have a boy and girl too and the vibe is very different from NCS or other schools we visited.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:STA has a fundamental systematic problem. It’s going to take some time for it to turn around or they might not want to turn around. I agree with PP. it starts at the admission office. NCS teachers and admission officers look at your kids and evaluate them as kids without thinking too much about the skin colors. When they talk to you, they are interested in you as a person. I tell you, when you go to school tours with STA, if you are minority, you will feel it. They judge you. I heard many good things about their headmaster. God bless him for trying. But this is not a situation one super hero can change. It’s just systematic and it’s in most of their staff’s blood. It’s a private school and they probably have the right to keep it this way. As a parent, you have to make the best judgement call for your kids. I understand some PP stated the world is not fair and tough up. But, as a parent, I don’t think my kid deserves to be treated differently by skin colors, and grow their personality under this STA environment. Just NO!

Black families should boycott STA.

[Anonymous]

Just adding my experience as a minority, and my family felt welcome at STA admission tour.