St Albans for black students

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Anonymous wrote:Landon may be a little more welcoming to black boys.

They hired an AA football coach from PG County to bring in AA. They brought in a AA kid from DeMatha as. SENIOR to help them win ball games.

AA are treated as tokens there. Same with Prep.

This is 100% NOT true at Prep. Pre has a diverse program with students from all over the nation, the world, and locally. A good number of black students do not even play sports and not all that do are athletic stars (just like every other racial group), so the idea that they are there just for the athletics is completely false. Prep has a very strong and active Black Student Association and anyone can join to support and also engage in conversations of culture and history, etc. Prep also has faculty, administrators, and staff who are black. Could there be more, absolutely, but they have done a good job trying to diversify and support their diversity. This is true not only for students who identify as black but other racial groups as well, including but not limited to Asians and Hispanics who come to Prep from local areas, other parts of the US, and around the world.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My observation is that if a black student is good in sports or comes from a family with a very high HHI, he will fit in. If not, he eventually leaves for a more welcoming environment or he suffers in quiet desperation.

At sta or at DC privates? Honestly, in think having a low hhi is hard for any kid in the top DC privates.

We have a son at STA and another child at GDS. I think that kids having a "low hhi" fit in just fine at both schools. it really comes down to the kid as to whether he/she will fit in.

I think the point of the prior post was that AA students who do well at STA have one of two characteristics, sporty or very wealthy. There are a lot of non-AA kids at STA who are neither sporty nor very wealthy but fit in well and are very happy. I think it's fair to say that you cannot say the same thing about a AA who is neither.

Back to the OP, STA bends over backwards to admit a diverse student body and works very hard to make sure all STA students thrive. That said, diversity is something that they work very hard at. At GDS, diversity and integration seem so effortless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Landon may be a little more welcoming to black boys.

They hired an AA football coach from PG County to bring in AA. They brought in a AA kid from DeMatha as. SENIOR to help them win ball games.

AA are treated as tokens there. Same with Prep.

This is 100% NOT true at Prep. Pre has a diverse program with students from all over the nation, the world, and locally. A good number of black students do not even play sports and not all that do are athletic stars (just like every other racial group), so the idea that they are there just for the athletics is completely false. Prep has a very strong and active Black Student Association and anyone can join to support and also engage in conversations of culture and history, etc. Prep also has faculty, administrators, and staff who are black. Could there be more, absolutely, but they have done a good job trying to diversify and support their diversity. This is true not only for students who identify as black but other racial groups as well, including but not limited to Asians and Hispanics who come to Prep from local areas, other parts of the US, and around the world.

Definitely written by some painfully white mom.

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Anonymous wrote:While I agree with people's concerns about representations of African American men in the faculty at STA, you also have to acknowledge the reality of the situation. All of the studies i'm familiar with show that 2-4% of teachers are black men.

#Excuses

If other schools can find them, why can’t STA? Going further, how many African American women teach full-time at STA?

Coaches and support staff can only do so much in providing an equitable environment for African American boys. Ask the boys who left.

Are there no teachers at the Bishop Walker School qualified to teach 4th grade boys at STA?

I can think of five black women who teach at STA. I can't think of any black men, aside from coaches.

Fwiw, STA has long resisted "affinity groups," including a BSU, but is about to launch several. (They have had ally groups for students of color, LBGTQ, etc., but not groups to which only members with the target identity can belong.)

After a exodus of students they decided to wake up. So much for the ‘brotherhood’.

I’d give it a few years and see if they revert to their old ways. More than likely they will after the PR/public discourse goes away. #ProtectTheBrand

We know several families that left and they made it clear that they liked STA teachers and the administration. They did have issue with many of the families in the community, particularly the increase in families that supported Trump and his policies, as well as an increase of families within the same social group.

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Sorry for playing in the role of the hijacking of this thread.

But as for the anti-Chinese sentiment, that's something I fear in the Coronavirus age and political climate combines to make an easy target and scapegoat for all that ails us.

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Shall I dare ask, are there any “issues” from a Hispanic student/family perspective?

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I have heard from AA moms that STA can be a tough place to be. Lots of micro-aggressions experienced by their sons. A sympathetic but ultimately powerless admin. Despite that, these moms have kept their sons there (though did seriously consider other alternatives) as the overall education and college placement was just too hard to ignore. For what it is worth, the sons of these moms all seem very happy and seem to fit in well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have heard from AA moms that STA can be a tough place to be. Lots of micro-aggressions experienced by their sons. A sympathetic but ultimately powerless admin. Despite that, these moms have kept their sons there (though did seriously consider other alternatives) as the overall education and college placement was just too hard to ignore. For what it is worth, the sons of these moms all seem very happy and seem to fit in well.

We have several AA friends at STA (a few that left and several still there) and most of the complaints they express are about the parent community and not about the teachers or administration. They complain about the large percentage of overt Trump and Kavanaugh supporters in their grade and the overall change of the community. They do express liking the new headmaster though and the many positive steps he has taken but they are not confident his changes will affect the community. He did create a full time diversity committee and I hear brought on an amazing new AA chaplain.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard from AA moms that STA can be a tough place to be. Lots of micro-aggressions experienced by their sons. A sympathetic but ultimately powerless admin. Despite that, these moms have kept their sons there (though did seriously consider other alternatives) as the overall education and college placement was just too hard to ignore. For what it is worth, the sons of these moms all seem very happy and seem to fit in well.

We have several AA friends at STA (a few that left and several still there) and most of the complaints they express are about the parent community and not about the teachers or administration. They complain about the large percentage of overt Trump and Kavanaugh supporters in their grade and the overall change of the community. They do express liking the new headmaster though and the many positive steps he has taken but they are not confident his changes will affect the community. He did create a full time diversity committee and I hear brought on an amazing new AA chaplain.

Honestly, trump cannot be gone soon enough. It used to be the case that you could have civil discourse across the aisle at many schools. that is not the way of trump, and it damages the learning environment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have heard from AA moms that STA can be a tough place to be. Lots of micro-aggressions experienced by their sons. A sympathetic but ultimately powerless admin. Despite that, these moms have kept their sons there (though did seriously consider other alternatives) as the overall education and college placement was just too hard to ignore. For what it is worth, the sons of these moms all seem very happy and seem to fit in well.

We have several AA friends at STA (a few that left and several still there) and most of the complaints they express are about the parent community and not about the teachers or administration. They complain about the large percentage of overt Trump and Kavanaugh supporters in their grade and the overall change of the community. They do express liking the new headmaster though and the many positive steps he has taken but they are not confident his changes will affect the community. He did create a full time diversity committee and I hear brought on an amazing new AA chaplain.

Honestly, trump cannot be gone soon enough. It used to be the case that you could have civil discourse across the aisle at many schools. that is not the way of trump, and it damages the learning environment.

Trump’s not going anywhere I am afraid. Middle America loves him.....and there’s a lot of votes between NYC and LA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have heard from AA moms that STA can be a tough place to be. Lots of micro-aggressions experienced by their sons. A sympathetic but ultimately powerless admin. Despite that, these moms have kept their sons there (though did seriously consider other alternatives) as the overall education and college placement was just too hard to ignore. For what it is worth, the sons of these moms all seem very happy and seem to fit in well.

We have several AA friends at STA (a few that left and several still there) and most of the complaints they express are about the parent community and not about the teachers or administration. They complain about the large percentage of overt Trump and Kavanaugh supporters in their grade and the overall change of the community. They do express liking the new headmaster though and the many positive steps he has taken but they are not confident his changes will affect the community. He did create a full time diversity committee and I hear brought on an amazing new AA chaplain.

Honestly, trump cannot be gone soon enough. It used to be the case that you could have civil discourse across the aisle at many schools. that is not the way of trump, and it damages the learning environment.

Trump’s not going anywhere I am afraid. Middle America loves him.....and there’s a lot of votes between NYC and LA.

I fear his re-election, but it’s not just ny and la who are sick of his incompetence.

[Anonymous]

It's clear STA had these issues before Trump and they will have these issues post Trump. Enough deflecting, just work on the issues raised.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a STA graduate from decades ago. I had multiple African Americans in my class, all of whom I consider to be friends, and some of whom I have maintained relations over the decades Some were athletic, some were not. Some were among the top students, some were not. Ask STA Admissions for the names of a few current parents.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a STA graduate from decades ago. I had multiple African Americans in my class, all of whom I consider to be friends, and some of whom I have maintained relations over the decades Some were athletic, some were not. Some were among the top students, some were not. Ask STA Admissions for the names of a few current parents.

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Some of my best friends are black too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is STA for black kids? I am hearing not that great! Any more insights from current parents?

Hello dear racist poster.