AA Boys at JKLMM

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Anonymous wrote:You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

Just curious, why shouldn't "Murch" be attached to JKLM?

I know very prominent parents who have taken their kids out of Murch and Lafayette because they did not feel like the school was very welcoming to kids of color.

this is total BS, at least for Murch (the school where my kids go). in my 6 years at Murch the only AA I know was pulled from the school left to go to Sidwell (she was on the waitlist) - mother told me that H's employer was paying for the tuition. my kids have AA classmates, Asians, and kids from International families. both my kids have one AA teacher this year (one kid has an AA teacher and an Indian teacher). so take your BS with you a find something nicer to do than trolling here. thanks

+100. OP and several PPs should clarify what matters most to them and their kids. If it is skin color, they should consider schools east of Anacostia. If it is quality education, and real diversity (language, countries, SES) then NW schools will probably be a better fit.

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Janney doesn't have "Special Ed" - it is an inclusion school which means students with special needs are helped through pull outs or more commonly one-on-one work with the roving inclusion teachers that is conducted in the classrooms.

Janney also doesn't label kids as "bad;" behavioral problems are viewed as a child needing help coping with something (whether academic, social or emotional) and are dealt with by a team that includes the special ed coordinator, the school psychologist, other relevant teachers and staff members, and generally the parents.

which post are you responding to? not sure i understand the point of this post."

I was responding to several commentors who seemed to be near hysteria that their boys won't be treated well ANYWHERE solely because of their skin color. It may be true that some schools don't do the right thing, but that doesn't mean all schools should be feared. In my view, Janney does the right thing.

True, but still the parents at Janney know who the few "bad kids" are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"Janney doesn't have "Special Ed" - it is an inclusion school which means students with special needs are helped through pull outs or more commonly one-on-one work with the roving inclusion teachers that is conducted in the classrooms.

Janney also doesn't label kids as "bad;" behavioral problems are viewed as a child needing help coping with something (whether academic, social or emotional) and are dealt with by a team that includes the special ed coordinator, the school psychologist, other relevant teachers and staff members, and generally the parents.

which post are you responding to? not sure i understand the point of this post."

I was responding to several commentors who seemed to be near hysteria that their boys won't be treated well ANYWHERE solely because of their skin color. It may be true that some schools don't do the right thing, but that doesn't mean all schools should be feared. In my view, Janney does the right thing.

True, but still the parents at Janney know who the few "bad kids" are.

So then they are labeled as bad kids by the community?

[Anonymous]

Love how many white parents are explaining there's no racism at these schools. Because as the privileged class we would definitely be totally aware of it,oh wait, that's not how racism works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love how many white parents are explaining there's no racism at these schools. Because as the privileged class we would definitely be totally aware of it,oh wait, that's not how racism works.

You are oh so right sister. Racism explains it all. Like why oil prices are so low these days, or why tomorrow it may snow. White snow. Crazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

Just curious, why shouldn't "Murch" be attached to JKLM?

I know very prominent parents who have taken their kids out of Murch and Lafayette because they did not feel like the school was very welcoming to kids of color.

+1

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I know we have several families at Eaton that are zoned for Janney that have children of color and chose to come to Eaton.

Unfortunately like many things tipping points get created and communities feel exclusive even when they are not trying to be. It happens in all directions. I have friends in Loudon county and you could be talking about South Asian or Hispanic kids and have the posts of above.

Race and class are hard and it is difficult for people to appreciate what they assume. Maybe it would be better if more people thought what does my child need rather than how do I say I am at the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our AA boy attended a JKLM and had a great experience. Went private after that.

This is extremely helpful. Do you wish you had started private earlier? Several longstanding AA families we know have suggested that several of the privates are a better fit for their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Our AA boy attended a JKLM and had a great experience. Went private after that.

This is extremely helpful. Do you wish you had started private earlier? Several longstanding AA families we know have suggested that several of the privates are a better fit for their kids.

"better fit" due to race or just, privates are nice for all kids? may be hard to tease out the differences since the latter are more homogeneous SES-wise.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You'll find the most diversity (in the superficial racial sense) at Murch, the wannabee M that its boosters keep trying to attach to JKLM.

Just curious, why shouldn't "Murch" be attached to JKLM?

I know very prominent parents who have taken their kids out of Murch and Lafayette because they did not feel like the school was very welcoming to kids of color.

this is total BS, at least for Murch (the school where my kids go). in my 6 years at Murch the only AA I know was pulled from the school left to go to Sidwell (she was on the waitlist) - mother told me that H's employer was paying for the tuition. my kids have AA classmates, Asians, and kids from International families. both my kids have one AA teacher this year (one kid has an AA teacher and an Indian teacher). so take your BS with you a find something nicer to do than trolling here. thanks

+100. OP and several PPs should clarify what matters most to them and their kids. If it is skin color, they should consider schools east of Anacostia. If it is quality education, and real diversity (language, countries, SES) then NW schools will probably be a better fit.

Exactly!

That's what they told YOU! Not necessarily the truth. I don't think this particular family would have been honest with the public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Janney doesn't have "Special Ed" - it is an inclusion school which means students with special needs are helped through pull outs or more commonly one-on-one work with the roving inclusion teachers that is conducted in the classrooms.

Janney also doesn't label kids as "bad;" behavioral problems are viewed as a child needing help coping with something (whether academic, social or emotional) and are dealt with by a team that includes the special ed coordinator, the school psychologist, other relevant teachers and staff members, and generally the parents.

Janney isnt dojng anything specisl here. That is a model used by most if not all dcps schools. Most children with special needs are in mainstream classrooms and get pull out or teacher push in devices as dictated by thier IEP. Some schools have specific classrooms for children who need full day devices (often children with autism.)They will have children pulled in from neighboring schools, like Murch has a dedicated autism classroom and children from other neighboring schools can attend. So in some cases an autistic kid who is ib for Janney goes to Murch.

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Anonymous wrote:Janney second grade parent here. This post prompted me to get out the directory during this 2 hour delay.
In Janney second grade:
121 students
4 --black students with black parents
3 --black students with 1 white, 1 black parent
2 --black students adopted to white parents

Are these students biracial or is this a step parent situation where the child has two AA biological parents and a white step parent? I think it's an important distinction. Biracial kids look all kinds of ways, so a blanket treatment for them would be misleading. My biracial kid looks completely white.

Most biracial people (Black and white) do not look white. I know some, but very few.

Sorry, but I don't agree that you're qualified to say what most biracial people look like. Your self-appointed expertise is a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:Janney second grade parent here. This post prompted me to get out the directory during this 2 hour delay.
In Janney second grade:
121 students
4 --black students with black parents
3 --black students with 1 white, 1 black parent
2 --black students adopted to white parents

Are these students biracial or is this a step parent situation where the child has two AA biological parents and a white step parent? I think it's an important distinction. Biracial kids look all kinds of ways, so a blanket treatment for them would be misleading. My biracial kid looks completely white.

Most biracial people (Black and white) do not look white. I know some, but very few.

Sorry, but I don't agree that you're qualified to say what most biracial people look like. Your self-appointed expertise is a joke.

Completely agree. As a biracial person with dozens of biracial cousins and siblings, her comment was very offensive. So you know 4 biracial people and it makes her an expert on how biracial people look?!!!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our AA boy attended a JKLM and had a great experience. Went private after that.

This is extremely helpful. Do you wish you had started private earlier? Several longstanding AA families we know have suggested that several of the privates are a better fit for their kids.

"better fit" due to race or just, privates are nice for all kids? may be hard to tease out the differences since the latter are more homogeneous SES-wise.

I think this has been discussed in other threads (I am not AA, simply remember posts on this issue). Apparently some AA parents do not feel comfortable sending their kids to Wilson because they are concerned their kids, if high achieving, could be teased by other AA boys and accused to be "Oreos", "talking white", "acting white", for just being successful students. In private schools they are surrounded by like-minded kids of all races. While these issues are not coming up in elementary school, they do come up when kids grow up in middle school and especially in high school. I personally know only one AA family who did this (child went to Eaton and then Deal, but after that child went private instead of Wilson), but this was the explanation that the mother gave me (Wilson not a good environment for a young AA teenager)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our AA boy attended a JKLM and had a great experience. Went private after that.

This is extremely helpful. Do you wish you had started private earlier? Several longstanding AA families we know have suggested that several of the privates are a better fit for their kids.

"better fit" due to race or just, privates are nice for all kids? may be hard to tease out the differences since the latter are more homogeneous SES-wise.

I think this has been discussed in other threads (I am not AA, simply remember posts on this issue). Apparently some AA parents do not feel comfortable sending their kids to Wilson because they are concerned their kids, if high achieving, could be teased by other AA boys and accused to be "Oreos", "talking white", "acting white", for just being successful students. In private schools they are surrounded by like-minded kids of all races. While these issues are not coming up in elementary school, they do come up when kids grow up in middle school and especially in high school. I personally know only one AA family who did this (child went to Eaton and then Deal, but after that child went private instead of Wilson), but this was the explanation that the mother gave me (Wilson not a good environment for a young AA teenager)

Fascinating perspective. It begs the question of why the AAs not " acting white" (meaning they prefer to act gangsta) are allowed to harass the other students.