Parents of Color, How diverse is your school? Is it going well for your child socially and academic

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Anonymous wrote:To add, DC children under 18 is 55% black.

Most of these schools are not located in the center of DC. McLean, VA is a lot closer to them than Anacostia.

Trying to shame them for not reflecting a community that is out of commuting distance by most people standards is absurd.

And who cares? In the scheme of things, these schools are small and unimportant. You want to educate kids of all colors? Focus on the public schools! They’ve already got the diversity, but they need more teaching staff.

Oh so now you think all the black kids live in Anacostia. Wow. Jackson Reed is around the corner and only 37% white. Hardy middle is 30% black and 40% white. These are schools that can’t hand select students. The point remains, GDS, the most liberal school in DC, is the whitest private school in DC and 2) many black families commute from EOTR to Georgetown to Upper NW so miss me with the “all black kids live in Anacostia. Even if that were true (which it’s not), there is nothing stopping the DEI of GDS from operating a bus from SE and NE. They have one to pick up in Crestwood.

There is no excuse for GDS to have the whitest population. Anyone trying to rationalize it doesn’t prioritize diversity and has no need on this thread. They should be called out.

Jackson Reed most of its students come from outside of the boundary.

GDS was founded for students that were not allowed in other schools including Jewish students. I am not even a GDS parent yet find your posts annoying. No one owes you or anyone else anything. The sooner you realize that and teach your kids that the better off you will all be in life. Life is not fair. I can give countless examples of people just strolling through life with wealth and connections most will never have. Repeat life is not fair.

New poster here. This is incorrect. Most of Jackson Reed’s students live in boundary.
GDS is over the top hypocritical but everyone knows that already. Even GDS families just roll their eyes at all the social justice talk at the school.
Everyone knows it is mostly for show.

+1. It’s the hypocrisy in it all from GDS.

Being Jewish is diversity. You sound bigoted to me. There are more minorities and diverse families than being black. Once you accept and realize this things will be better for all. There are Asians, Latinos, Indians, etc… it sounds like you don’t want diversity - you just want the kind of diversity you seek. I neither Jewish or a GDS parent btw but the hypocrisy I am seeing is from you. What about the Latino families in DC? They are certainly not represented and I do not hear you complaining about that.

Not bigoted at all. How is pointing our GDS’s hypocrisy bigoted? You sound silly and racist. Again, DC area is 5% Jewish, GDS meets that quota and then some. That’s great and fantastic for Jewish students. Now don’t you think GDS should start working on meeting the Black and Hispanic quota they tout so much in their DEI talking points? They only have 15% black and 2% Hispanic.

From what I hear and see online, Maret has 20% black and 5% Hispanic while also have a relatively proportionate International, Asian, Jewish, and Muslim population. You’d be surprised how much of a difference a 3-5% increase in Black or Hispanic students could be. It could be the difference in having another student that looks like you or not.

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Anonymous wrote:To add, DC children under 18 is 55% black.

Most of these schools are not located in the center of DC. McLean, VA is a lot closer to them than Anacostia.

Trying to shame them for not reflecting a community that is out of commuting distance by most people standards is absurd.

And who cares? In the scheme of things, these schools are small and unimportant. You want to educate kids of all colors? Focus on the public schools! They’ve already got the diversity, but they need more teaching staff.

Oh so now you think all the black kids live in Anacostia. Wow. Jackson Reed is around the corner and only 37% white. Hardy middle is 30% black and 40% white. These are schools that can’t hand select students. The point remains, GDS, the most liberal school in DC, is the whitest private school in DC and 2) many black families commute from EOTR to Georgetown to Upper NW so miss me with the “all black kids live in Anacostia. Even if that were true (which it’s not), there is nothing stopping the DEI of GDS from operating a bus from SE and NE. They have one to pick up in Crestwood.

There is no excuse for GDS to have the whitest population. Anyone trying to rationalize it doesn’t prioritize diversity and has no need on this thread. They should be called out.

Jackson Reed most of its students come from outside of the boundary.

GDS was founded for students that were not allowed in other schools including Jewish students. I am not even a GDS parent yet find your posts annoying. No one owes you or anyone else anything. The sooner you realize that and teach your kids that the better off you will all be in life. Life is not fair. I can give countless examples of people just strolling through life with wealth and connections most will never have. Repeat life is not fair.

New poster here. This is incorrect. Most of Jackson Reed’s students live in boundary.
GDS is over the top hypocritical but everyone knows that already. Even GDS families just roll their eyes at all the social justice talk at the school.
Everyone knows it is mostly for show.

+1. It’s the hypocrisy in it all from GDS.

Being Jewish is diversity. You sound bigoted to me. There are more minorities and diverse families than being black. Once you accept and realize this things will be better for all. There are Asians, Latinos, Indians, etc… it sounds like you don’t want diversity - you just want the kind of diversity you seek. I neither Jewish or a GDS parent btw but the hypocrisy I am seeing is from you. What about the Latino families in DC? They are certainly not represented and I do not hear you complaining about that.

Not bigoted at all. How is pointing our GDS’s hypocrisy bigoted? You sound silly and racist. Again, DC area is 5% Jewish, GDS meets that quota and then some. That’s great and fantastic for Jewish students. Now don’t you think GDS should start working on meeting the Black and Hispanic quota they tout so much in their DEI talking points? They only have 15% black and 2% Hispanic.

From what I hear and see online, Maret has 20% black and 5% Hispanic while also have a relatively proportionate International, Asian, Jewish, and Muslim population. You’d be surprised how much of a difference a 3-5% increase in Black or Hispanic students could be. It could be the difference in having another student that looks like you or not.

You are not seriously arguing that Maret is diverse, are you?

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis is really diverse.

ROFL

Bullis has the same % of white students as GDS and 10% international students. How is that rolling on the floor funny?

Because GDS is not diverse at all

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Small private religious school, maybe 80% white, 20% non-white. My kids are mixed. Oldest was previously in a gifted program in a public that was almost all Asian (though not my sort of Asian), with a handful of others. It's been somewhat challenging for him, but I don't think ethnicity has been much of his issue -- he's just not very good at the social niceties.

Children 2 & 3 were in a 45% white-45% Asians-10% others program beforehand. Child 2 is socially fairly adept and has done well at the new school. Child 3's social skills are even worse than Child 1's, but he has done much, much better at the new school - the environment seems to click with him.

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Anonymous wrote:White parrot if a black daughter. She is only has 1 other black girl in her grade. She is doing well academically but is disappointed socially. Seems like most of the grade lives near each other in Chevy Chase. School is in DC and we live further north in MoCo.

Some black parents have not welcomed our family into the school community and specifically uninvited me from an event that was initially advertise for black students and their parents. DEI coordinator is inexperienced and overworked. It’s sad because the community could be really great. It’s a school that was founded to bring different kinds of students together.

So was your daughter invited and not you? This seems like it could be distressing to children in multi-racial families.

yeah. It would seem so, but you need to read up on "safe spaces". people really do not feel free to be open and speak of shared lived experiences while in presences of people without said experiences.

they know that 'gaslighting", discounting and ridicule of genuine experiences and concerns happen in "mixed company". it can make people feel less free and open to share.

think of how different it is for girls sometimes to shine in mixed gender classes while being more open in all girls. It's like that kinda.

wanted to add. the purpose is not to exclude or make those not invited feel bad. it's about the majority and their mental health and feelings.

I would hope those excluded would empathize and understand that history of being burned by people outside their community has been the result of thngs like "safe spaces" --- if everyone were nice and fair, these things wouldn't need to exist.

The problem, of course, with the situation as PP describes it, is that the school is (was?) creating a situation where a child is told they can attend an event only if they exclude their own parent just because their parent is not of a particular race. What kind of tension do you think that creates in that child’s mind? In that family?

My child cried when I told them I was uninvited. They said they wanted me to be there since it was advertised initially as an event for black students and their parents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To add, DC children under 18 is 55% black.

Most of these schools are not located in the center of DC. McLean, VA is a lot closer to them than Anacostia.

Trying to shame them for not reflecting a community that is out of commuting distance by most people standards is absurd.

And who cares? In the scheme of things, these schools are small and unimportant. You want to educate kids of all colors? Focus on the public schools! They’ve already got the diversity, but they need more teaching staff.

Oh so now you think all the black kids live in Anacostia. Wow. Jackson Reed is around the corner and only 37% white. Hardy middle is 30% black and 40% white. These are schools that can’t hand select students. The point remains, GDS, the most liberal school in DC, is the whitest private school in DC and 2) many black families commute from EOTR to Georgetown to Upper NW so miss me with the “all black kids live in Anacostia. Even if that were true (which it’s not), there is nothing stopping the DEI of GDS from operating a bus from SE and NE. They have one to pick up in Crestwood.

There is no excuse for GDS to have the whitest population. Anyone trying to rationalize it doesn’t prioritize diversity and has no need on this thread. They should be called out.

Jackson Reed most of its students come from outside of the boundary.

GDS was founded for students that were not allowed in other schools including Jewish students. I am not even a GDS parent yet find your posts annoying. No one owes you or anyone else anything. The sooner you realize that and teach your kids that the better off you will all be in life. Life is not fair. I can give countless examples of people just strolling through life with wealth and connections most will never have. Repeat life is not fair.

New poster here. This is incorrect. Most of Jackson Reed’s students live in boundary.
GDS is over the top hypocritical but everyone knows that already. Even GDS families just roll their eyes at all the social justice talk at the school.
Everyone knows it is mostly for show.

+1. It’s the hypocrisy in it all from GDS.

Being Jewish is diversity. You sound bigoted to me. There are more minorities and diverse families than being black. Once you accept and realize this things will be better for all. There are Asians, Latinos, Indians, etc… it sounds like you don’t want diversity - you just want the kind of diversity you seek. I neither Jewish or a GDS parent btw but the hypocrisy I am seeing is from you. What about the Latino families in DC? They are certainly not represented and I do not hear you complaining about that.

Not bigoted at all. How is pointing our GDS’s hypocrisy bigoted? You sound silly and racist. Again, DC area is 5% Jewish, GDS meets that quota and then some. That’s great and fantastic for Jewish students. Now don’t you think GDS should start working on meeting the Black and Hispanic quota they tout so much in their DEI talking points? They only have 15% black and 2% Hispanic.

From what I hear and see online, Maret has 20% black and 5% Hispanic while also have a relatively proportionate International, Asian, Jewish, and Muslim population. You’d be surprised how much of a difference a 3-5% increase in Black or Hispanic students could be. It could be the difference in having another student that looks like you or not.

You are not seriously arguing that Maret is diverse, are you?

Yea, I’m arguing that Maret as well as many other (most talked about on this board) are more diverse that GDS and GDS is the one that yells Diversity from the rooftops the most. If you didn’t see these numbers for yourself, there is no way anyone would guess that Landon and STA are more diverse than GDS.

And yes, Maret and Sidwell being majority POC (which includes Black, Hispanic, and Asian) should be a profile that they strive towards. Particularly in this metro area. White students will still be a plurality but don’t need to be over 50% when we live in such a diverse community.

From page 1:

GDS 40% POC
Landon 41%
Potomac 42%
STA 43%
NCS 46%
Maret 52%
Sidwell 57%

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Where did the Biden’s, Clinton’s, Gores, Obama’s, Susan Rice, send their children to school?

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Anonymous wrote:Bullis is really diverse.

ROFL

Bullis has the same % of white students as GDS and 10% international students. How is that rolling on the floor funny?

Because GDS is not diverse at all

Gds is plenty diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:Where did the Biden’s, Clinton’s, Gores, Obama’s, Susan Rice, send their children to school?

Mostly Sidwell. Rice had nephew at Maret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis is really diverse.

ROFL

Bullis has the same % of white students as GDS and 10% international students. How is that rolling on the floor funny?

Because GDS is not diverse at all

Gds is plenty diverse.

No. It is the least diverse of the Top schools mentioned. That is not plenty diverse.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To add, DC children under 18 is 55% black.

Most of these schools are not located in the center of DC. McLean, VA is a lot closer to them than Anacostia.

Trying to shame them for not reflecting a community that is out of commuting distance by most people standards is absurd.

And who cares? In the scheme of things, these schools are small and unimportant. You want to educate kids of all colors? Focus on the public schools! They’ve already got the diversity, but they need more teaching staff.

Oh so now you think all the black kids live in Anacostia. Wow. Jackson Reed is around the corner and only 37% white. Hardy middle is 30% black and 40% white. These are schools that can’t hand select students. The point remains, GDS, the most liberal school in DC, is the whitest private school in DC and 2) many black families commute from EOTR to Georgetown to Upper NW so miss me with the “all black kids live in Anacostia. Even if that were true (which it’s not), there is nothing stopping the DEI of GDS from operating a bus from SE and NE. They have one to pick up in Crestwood.

There is no excuse for GDS to have the whitest population. Anyone trying to rationalize it doesn’t prioritize diversity and has no need on this thread. They should be called out.

Jackson Reed most of its students come from outside of the boundary.

GDS was founded for students that were not allowed in other schools including Jewish students. I am not even a GDS parent yet find your posts annoying. No one owes you or anyone else anything. The sooner you realize that and teach your kids that the better off you will all be in life. Life is not fair. I can give countless examples of people just strolling through life with wealth and connections most will never have. Repeat life is not fair.

New poster here. This is incorrect. Most of Jackson Reed’s students live in boundary.
GDS is over the top hypocritical but everyone knows that already. Even GDS families just roll their eyes at all the social justice talk at the school.
Everyone knows it is mostly for show.

+1. It’s the hypocrisy in it all from GDS.

Being Jewish is diversity. You sound bigoted to me. There are more minorities and diverse families than being black. Once you accept and realize this things will be better for all. There are Asians, Latinos, Indians, etc… it sounds like you don’t want diversity - you just want the kind of diversity you seek. I neither Jewish or a GDS parent btw but the hypocrisy I am seeing is from you. What about the Latino families in DC? They are certainly not represented and I do not hear you complaining about that.

Not bigoted at all. How is pointing our GDS’s hypocrisy bigoted? You sound silly and racist. Again, DC area is 5% Jewish, GDS meets that quota and then some. That’s great and fantastic for Jewish students. Now don’t you think GDS should start working on meeting the Black and Hispanic quota they tout so much in their DEI talking points? They only have 15% black and 2% Hispanic.

From what I hear and see online, Maret has 20% black and 5% Hispanic while also have a relatively proportionate International, Asian, Jewish, and Muslim population. You’d be surprised how much of a difference a 3-5% increase in Black or Hispanic students could be. It could be the difference in having another student that looks like you or not.

You are not seriously arguing that Maret is diverse, are you?

Yea, I’m arguing that Maret as well as many other (most talked about on this board) are more diverse that GDS and GDS is the one that yells Diversity from the rooftops the most. If you didn’t see these numbers for yourself, there is no way anyone would guess that Landon and STA are more diverse than GDS.

And yes, Maret and Sidwell being majority POC (which includes Black, Hispanic, and Asian) should be a profile that they strive towards. Particularly in this metro area. White students will still be a plurality but don’t need to be over 50% when we live in such a diverse community.

From page 1:

GDS 40% POC
Landon 41%
Potomac 42%
STA 43%
NCS 46%
Maret 52%
Sidwell 57%

Your problem is the diversity is only skin-deep. Optics. Visual diversity for the viewbook. None of the schools you list is truly diverse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bullis is really diverse.

ROFL

Bullis has the same % of white students as GDS and 10% international students. How is that rolling on the floor funny?

Because GDS is not diverse at all

Gds is plenty diverse.

No. It is the least diverse of the Top schools mentioned. That is not plenty diverse.

Dp: What is “diverse enough”? The interwebs tell me that…
— Ward 3 (immediate surrounding neighborhood for Maret, Sidwell, NCS, STA, GDS) is 20% POC.
— the DC Metro Area is 55% POC.
— the US is 25% POC.

Racial diversity seems to the vector of diversity they are most successful at. They certainly don’t take top prize for economic diversity and aren’t setting records for cultural diversity or diversity of thought.

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Rice’s kids went to Maret. Gore did Cathedral Schools (BVR/STA). Obamas chose Sidwell.

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Anonymous wrote:Rice’s kids went to Maret. Gore did Cathedral Schools (BVR/STA). Obamas chose Sidwell.

Gore’s two daughters graduated from NCS. His son graduated from Sidwell after being expelled from STA.

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We recently began tours of private schools. What the schools say on their websites snd then what you see when you tour are two different things. We are AA and are seeing very few students who look like our kid. In any of the schools mentioned on this thread (we are not religious and are not looking at any of the religious schools, except those that might be quaker). We firmly believe schools are masking their low rate of black students by using the POC statistic. By the way, POC is not a category in the census, under discrimination law, etc. It seems disingenuous to us and when we have asked specifically about the black population, we are not getting a straight answer. Either because they don’t know or because they don’t want to tell us. As for the latino population - let’s not forget that many latinos consider themselves white and do not consider themselves POCs so it is shocking that all latinos are lumped into a POC category by these schools.