Majority percent of Asians at the Elementary school, a good thing right?

[Anonymous]

We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?

One more question, does Asian also mean Indian or does it typically mean Chinese, Japanese, etc...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?

One more question, does Asian also mean Indian or does it typically mean Chinese, Japanese, etc...

Asian includes all the people that are historically from Asia and many of the Islands near Asia -from the Middle East (east of Egypt) to Pacific. It includes much of Russia and the Stans, Iraq, Turkay, Jordan, Syria, Iran, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Nepal, Tibet, Thailand, Korea, Japan...........

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?

One more question, does Asian also mean Indian or does it typically mean Chinese, Japanese, etc...

No elementary schools in the City of Alexandria or Arlington County are majority Asian. There are four ES in Fairfax County that are majority Asian - Floris, Greenbriar West, McNair and Powell. The Asian-American students at those schools are mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian. Not many Japanese live in NoVa. There are a lot of Vietnamese, but they mostly live further east, in schools that are majority or plurality Hispanic like Crestwood in Springfield.

Not sure about Loudoun. There might be a few majority-Asian ES there as well; if so, the students also likely would be mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian.

The main issue that seems to come up from time to time is that, at a school like GBW that has an AAP center, some non-Asian students in the General Education classes feel like second-class citizens, or at least their parents do. I do think it has led to some white flight to parts of Loudoun where the AAP/Gen Ed divide isn't as big an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?

One more question, does Asian also mean Indian or does it typically mean Chinese, Japanese, etc...

No elementary schools in the City of Alexandria or Arlington County are majority Asian. There are four ES in Fairfax County that are majority Asian - Floris, Greenbriar West, McNair and Powell. The Asian-American students at those schools are mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian. Not many Japanese live in NoVa. There are a lot of Vietnamese, but they mostly live further east, in schools that are majority or plurality Hispanic like Crestwood in Springfield.

Not sure about Loudoun. There might be a few majority-Asian ES there as well; if so, the students also likely would be mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian.

The main issue that seems to come up from time to time is that, at a school like GBW that has an AAP center, some non-Asian students in the General Education classes feel like second-class citizens, or at least their parents do. I do think it has led to some white flight to parts of Loudoun where the AAP/Gen Ed divide isn't as big an issue.

My DD (Chinese) has a little friend who is also Chinese who started at Floris this year. Supposedly her particular class is majority Indian and she is like only 1-2 who are not Indian.

[Anonymous]

Asian means anyone from Asia. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, India, etc. West Asian countries, aka the Middle East, are also considered Asian. So is eastern Russia.

Asia is huge. There are cultural differences between all of the Asian countries. If there is a mix between the different cultures at your school, I personally feel that this would be an excellent opportunity for your kids to get to learn about people from around the world. Because that is a better representation of the global world that we live in. HOWEVER, if you find that there is a larger concentration of one nationality, then your child might feel out of place. Ex. if the majority are Korean, where the kids speak Korean, all go to the same church or attend the same Korean school, then your kid might feel like an outsider. It may help if you look at the census data to see what type of Asians are in your neighborhood. That tends to be broken down by country.

We live in FFC and our elementary school has a mix of kids with backgrounds from all over the world. I don't see a predominant race among the kids. It's a great environment.

[Anonymous]

What is the consensus on many Indians?

[Anonymous]

will a Caucasian child fit in with an Indian population? How is the culture in accepting other children. Will they speak hindi?

[Anonymous]

Yeah, if you want your little buttercup in tears all the time because he/she can't keep up academically and feels like a dummy. --__--

[Anonymous]

So do we start another thread about whether it's OK if a school is majority white? Or not black enough? I don't think there are as many jurisdiction in the country with anywhere near the diversity of FCPS.

[Anonymous]

I would say, "yes", it is a good thing.

[Anonymous]

This may be the most racist thread I have ever seen.

[Anonymous]

Asian means anyone from Asia. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, India, etc. West Asian countries, aka the Middle East, are also considered Asian. So is eastern Russia.

According to the census and for the purposes of college applications, people from "Middle Eastern" countries are considered caucasian.

The more different cultures and people a child is exposed to, the better. I'm so glad we live here where people come from many places rather than someplace where everyone has lived there forever and people are suspicious of outsiders.
Our kids will grow up feeling comfortable with people from all over the world and that can only enhance their lives as adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are looking around and noticed one of the elementary schools has a majority Asian population.

Can anyone share insight into any issues with other minorities or Caucasian students?

One more question, does Asian also mean Indian or does it typically mean Chinese, Japanese, etc...

No elementary schools in the City of Alexandria or Arlington County are majority Asian. There are four ES in Fairfax County that are majority Asian - Floris, Greenbriar West, McNair and Powell. The Asian-American students at those schools are mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian. Not many Japanese live in NoVa. There are a lot of Vietnamese, but they mostly live further east, in schools that are majority or plurality Hispanic like Crestwood in Springfield.

Not sure about Loudoun. There might be a few majority-Asian ES there as well; if so, the students also likely would be mostly Korean, Chinese and Indian.

The main issue that seems to come up from time to time is that, at a school like GBW that has an AAP center, some non-Asian students in the General Education classes feel like second-class citizens, or at least their parents do. I do think it has led to some white flight to parts of Loudoun where the AAP/Gen Ed divide isn't as big an issue.

why do you say Asian-American? That's just an assumption.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the consensus on many Indians?

C'mon. You're just trying to start an argument.