Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t one of the HOS black at one of the Cathedral schools?

Anonymous wrote:Burgundy Farm has been taking a clear stance on these issues for decades. I'm so glad my child goes there. The school quickly and appropriately addressed an instance of a kid making racist comments in a way that educated the white kid and made the kids of color feel safe, and it's dealing with current events in the same admirable way.

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Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Bvr and ncs, yes. Sta needs to step it up. The headmaster wrote a lovely and thoughtful message, but sta sent it to alums before posting it to the news section of the website. It was a whole day before they posted a link on social media. Lots of comments to the post saying things like “finally” and “about time.” Getting better, but not the strong, clear, empathetic, and even beautiful messaging that came from bvr and ncs.

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Anonymous wrote:The NCS community has already raised $20k for the NACCP Legal Defense Fund.

What does that have to do with the topic?

Seriously? You don’t see why this might be relevant?

Anonymous wrote:GDS with posts all over their Instagram, Sidwell silent. Very interesting.

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Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Bvr and ncs, yes. Sta needs to step it up. The headmaster wrote a lovely and thoughtful message, but sta sent it to alums before posting it to the news section of the website. It was a whole day before they posted a link on social media. Lots of comments to the post saying things like “finally” and “about time.” Getting better, but not the strong, clear, empathetic, and even beautiful messaging that came from bvr and ncs.

The letter from the STA HOS was beautiful and heartfelt. He is amazing and has done some great things but it is hard to compare these three schools because they are very different communities. STA administration and faculty may be progressive but the parent and student community and governing board are very socially conservative overall. NCS and Beauvoir parents and students are much more progressive and so are their governing boards.

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Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Bvr and ncs, yes. Sta needs to step it up. The headmaster wrote a lovely and thoughtful message, but sta sent it to alums before posting it to the news section of the website. It was a whole day before they posted a link on social media. Lots of comments to the post saying things like “finally” and “about time.” Getting better, but not the strong, clear, empathetic, and even beautiful messaging that came from bvr and ncs.

The letter from the STA HOS was beautiful and heartfelt. He is amazing and has done some great things but it is hard to compare these three schools because they are very different communities. STA administration and faculty may be progressive but the parent and student community and governing board are very socially conservative overall. NCS and Beauvoir parents and students are much more progressive and so are their governing boards.

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Anonymous wrote:GDS with posts all over their Instagram, Sidwell silent. Very interesting.

Please.

Sidwell LS held a vigil for racial justice (via zoom) on 5/31. There is a whole school meeting for worship tonight. They participated in #blackouttuesday.

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Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Bvr and ncs, yes. Sta needs to step it up. The headmaster wrote a lovely and thoughtful message, but sta sent it to alums before posting it to the news section of the website. It was a whole day before they posted a link on social media. Lots of comments to the post saying things like “finally” and “about time.” Getting better, but not the strong, clear, empathetic, and even beautiful messaging that came from bvr and ncs.

The letter from the STA HOS was beautiful and heartfelt. He is amazing and has done some great things but it is hard to compare these three schools because they are very different communities. STA administration and faculty may be progressive but the parent and student community and governing board are very socially conservative overall. NCS and Beauvoir parents and students are much more progressive and so are their governing boards.

I don’t get it. Both ncs and sta take a large chunk of their students from Beauvoir. How does this significant population lose its voice when they cross the close? I thought sta was still predominantly progressive. In any event, I don’t care what your political leaning, what happened to George Floyd is indefensible. Using tear gas on clergy for a photo op during a peaceful protest is indefensible.

We are a close family, and we have heard great things about the sta hos too. Maybe it’s time for this board to go.

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Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Bvr and ncs, yes. Sta needs to step it up. The headmaster wrote a lovely and thoughtful message, but sta sent it to alums before posting it to the news section of the website. It was a whole day before they posted a link on social media. Lots of comments to the post saying things like “finally” and “about time.” Getting better, but not the strong, clear, empathetic, and even beautiful messaging that came from bvr and ncs.

The letter from the STA HOS was beautiful and heartfelt. He is amazing and has done some great things but it is hard to compare these three schools because they are very different communities. STA administration and faculty may be progressive but the parent and student community and governing board are very socially conservative overall. NCS and Beauvoir parents and students are much more progressive and so are their governing boards.

I don’t get it. Both ncs and sta take a large chunk of their students from Beauvoir. How does this significant population lose its voice when they cross the close? I thought sta was still predominantly progressive. In any event, I don’t care what your political leaning, what happened to George Floyd is indefensible. Using tear gas on clergy for a photo op during a peaceful protest is indefensible.

We are a close family, and we have heard great things about the sta hos too. Maybe it’s time for this board to go.

It's telling that St. Albans doesn't have a Black student union.

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Anonymous wrote:GDS with posts all over their Instagram, Sidwell silent. Very interesting.

Please.

Sidwell LS held a vigil for racial justice (via zoom) on 5/31. There is a whole school meeting for worship tonight. They participated in #blackouttuesday.

And there are disappointed alumni calling out what they feel is an empty/meaningless #blackouttuesday posting on Sidwell's Instagram page.

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Anonymous wrote:Cathedral Schools were remarkable with their responses: STA, NCS, BVR

Bvr and ncs, yes. Sta needs to step it up. The headmaster wrote a lovely and thoughtful message, but sta sent it to alums before posting it to the news section of the website. It was a whole day before they posted a link on social media. Lots of comments to the post saying things like “finally” and “about time.” Getting better, but not the strong, clear, empathetic, and even beautiful messaging that came from bvr and ncs.

The letter from the STA HOS was beautiful and heartfelt. He is amazing and has done some great things but it is hard to compare these three schools because they are very different communities. STA administration and faculty may be progressive but the parent and student community and governing board are very socially conservative overall. NCS and Beauvoir parents and students are much more progressive and so are their governing boards.

I don’t get it. Both ncs and sta take a large chunk of their students from Beauvoir. How does this significant population lose its voice when they cross the close? I thought sta was still predominantly progressive. In any event, I don’t care what your political leaning, what happened to George Floyd is indefensible. Using tear gas on clergy for a photo op during a peaceful protest is indefensible.

We are a close family, and we have heard great things about the sta hos too. Maybe it’s time for this board to go.

It's telling that St. Albans doesn't have a Black student union.

Very few of the top boys' schools in the country of which I am aware have a BSU or other affinity groups. They are part of a larger organization comprised of elite all-boys schools, and a lot of the structure mirrors that of those other schools. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, good or bad--that's a different question.

My only point is that this particular metric may not be the most useful for evaluating whether STA is sufficiently welcoming to black students.

I read the statement by the head of school and agree that it was very heartfelt, beautiful, measured, and appropriate. I am so disheartened to hear, though, that either the overall community or (let's hope?) a small subset of that community, fails to live up to the values of either the school of those of the Episcopal Church.