What is it like sending your DC to a majority/plurality asian school?(Churchill/Wootton area)

[Anonymous]

Not to be racist, seriously curious. Looking into a few elementary schools in the Churchill/Wootton high school clusters for DD to start kindergarten in the fall. Are these schools with an exceptionally high asian population any different/have a different atmosphere from an elementary school with few asians? Are these schools more competitive in the classroom? Thanks. Examples of these schools: Wayside, Cold Spring, Lakewood, Stone Mill, and Travilah).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be racist, seriously curious. Looking into a few elementary schools in the Churchill/Wootton high school clusters for DD to start kindergarten in the fall. Are these schools with an exceptionally high asian population any different/have a different atmosphere from an elementary school with few asians? Are these schools more competitive in the classroom? Thanks. Examples of these schools: Wayside, Cold Spring, Lakewood, Stone Mill, and Travilah).

If you have to start a sentence "Not to be racist..." then you probably shouldn't be asking the question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to be racist, seriously curious. Looking into a few elementary schools in the Churchill/Wootton high school clusters for DD to start kindergarten in the fall. Are these schools with an exceptionally high asian population any different/have a different atmosphere from an elementary school with few asians? Are these schools more competitive in the classroom? Thanks. Examples of these schools: Wayside, Cold Spring, Lakewood, Stone Mill, and Travilah).

If you have to start a sentence "Not to be racist..." then you probably shouldn't be asking the question.

+1 There aren't threads about what it's like to go to a majority white or a majority black school, so just move along.

[Anonymous]

You should not have listened to your husband or wife who told you to post this. I hope you are just a troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be racist, seriously curious. Looking into a few elementary schools in the Churchill/Wootton high school clusters for DD to start kindergarten in the fall. Are these schools with an exceptionally high asian population any different/have a different atmosphere from an elementary school with few asians? Are these schools more competitive in the classroom? Thanks. Examples of these schools: Wayside, Cold Spring, Lakewood, Stone Mill, and Travilah).

Yes, they have 0.2% oxygen in their atmosphere, like Mars, instead of the typical 21% oxygen.

Wait, what?

[Anonymous]

Yes, they are more competitive. Cold Spring CES scores are always really high compared to the other CES. In some of these ESs, 100% of the students are in compacted math, so if your DC is just average or even above average, your DC will be considered "slow".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be racist, seriously curious. Looking into a few elementary schools in the Churchill/Wootton high school clusters for DD to start kindergarten in the fall. Are these schools with an exceptionally high asian population any different/have a different atmosphere from an elementary school with few asians? Are these schools more competitive in the classroom? Thanks. Examples of these schools: Wayside, Cold Spring, Lakewood, Stone Mill, and Travilah).

absolutely positively. if you see that as a positive, go buy. if you see that as a negative, don't.

[Anonymous]

How is this a troll? This is a realistic question in my mind. OP, it might make a small difference but these demographics shouldn't be what prevents you from buying in one of those elementaries' neighborhoods .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this a troll? This is a realistic question in my mind. OP, it might make a small difference but these demographics shouldn't be what prevents you from buying in one of those elementaries' neighborhoods .

Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should not have listened to your husband or wife who told you to post this. I hope you are just a troll.

Somehow I think OP came up with this stupid post on her own.b

[Anonymous]

Kinda racist but yes, it is much more stressful for the kids, especially at the high school level. DD will be a 12th grader in the fall at Wootton high school and I am super happy for her that she can finally get out of the school. The environment is so toxic, cutthroat, and competitive. She is an above average student but had struggled so much in her classes because she always felt so dumb even though she was a great student. It is hard for her to be active in the community as well since everyone is fighting so hard for the leadership positions in student activities. Trust me, I never would thought that these problems could arise after we researched for so long trying to find the right schools. I doubt it is that bad at the elementary or middle school level though. Would have preferred to send DD to QO, RM, or even Churchill which all seem much more well-rounded. Obviously for some students this type of environment is good but for others it can be horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kinda racist but yes, it is much more stressful for the kids, especially at the high school level. DD will be a 12th grader in the fall at Wootton high school and I am super happy for her that she can finally get out of the school. The environment is so toxic, cutthroat, and competitive. She is an above average student but had struggled so much in her classes because she always felt so dumb even though she was a great student. It is hard for her to be active in the community as well since everyone is fighting so hard for the leadership positions in student activities. Trust me, I never would thought that these problems could arise after we researched for so long trying to find the right schools. I doubt it is that bad at the elementary or middle school level though. Would have preferred to send DD to QO, RM, or even Churchill which all seem much more well-rounded. Obviously for some students this type of environment is good but for others it can be horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kinda racist but yes, it is much more stressful for the kids, especially at the high school level. DD will be a 12th grader in the fall at Wootton high school and I am super happy for her that she can finally get out of the school. The environment is so toxic, cutthroat, and competitive. She is an above average student but had struggled so much in her classes because she always felt so dumb even though she was a great student. It is hard for her to be active in the community as well since everyone is fighting so hard for the leadership positions in student activities. Trust me, I never would thought that these problems could arise after we researched for so long trying to find the right schools. I doubt it is that bad at the elementary or middle school level though. Would have preferred to send DD to QO, RM, or even Churchill which all seem much more well-rounded. Obviously for some students this type of environment is good but for others it can be horrible.

I find it hilarious that you think Churchill is well-rounded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kinda racist but yes, it is much more stressful for the kids, especially at the high school level. DD will be a 12th grader in the fall at Wootton high school and I am super happy for her that she can finally get out of the school. The environment is so toxic, cutthroat, and competitive. She is an above average student but had struggled so much in her classes because she always felt so dumb even though she was a great student. It is hard for her to be active in the community as well since everyone is fighting so hard for the leadership positions in student activities. Trust me, I never would thought that these problems could arise after we researched for so long trying to find the right schools. I doubt it is that bad at the elementary or middle school level though. Would have preferred to send DD to QO, RM, or even Churchill which all seem much more well-rounded. Obviously for some students this type of environment is good but for others it can be horrible.

My kid's middle school (Rocky Hill MS) is plurality Asian-heritage students, and it's not like that. Maybe an Asian-heritage plurality is not the cause of the things you dislike about Wootton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kinda racist but yes, it is much more stressful for the kids, especially at the high school level. DD will be a 12th grader in the fall at Wootton high school and I am super happy for her that she can finally get out of the school. The environment is so toxic, cutthroat, and competitive. She is an above average student but had struggled so much in her classes because she always felt so dumb even though she was a great student. It is hard for her to be active in the community as well since everyone is fighting so hard for the leadership positions in student activities. Trust me, I never would thought that these problems could arise after we researched for so long trying to find the right schools. I doubt it is that bad at the elementary or middle school level though. Would have preferred to send DD to QO, RM, or even Churchill which all seem much more well-rounded. Obviously for some students this type of environment is good but for others it can be horrible.

My kid's middle school (Rocky Hill MS) is plurality Asian-heritage students, and it's not like that. Maybe an Asian-heritage plurality is not the cause of the things you dislike about Wootton.

Haha, I was going to come and say the same thing about Wilson Wims and Hallie Wells where my kids go . Go Clarksburg!!