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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at a similar school.  Yes, there are things that happen that my DD sees.  But she still enjoys school, loves her teacher and her friends of all demographics.

You have to consider the benefits, too.  When we go to the playground or the pool, she has so many friends from school who are low-income and it's wonderful to see them play together.  She is learning a lot about other families, languages, immigration stories, etc.  I have literally never seen one of the older kids raise a hand to a little one, not even their own siblings when they were clearly misbehaving.  My DD became friends with the 5th grade class president and that girl was so kind to her and so smart and motivated, I hope my daughter will be like her.

Now, I have my limits and I wouldn't send my kids just anywhere.  But our school feeds to Stuart-Hobson and I would be fine enrolling DD at Stuart-Hobson today.  I have turned down offers from HRCS because I think a larger school like Stuart-Hobson can offer more variety and has a larger number of high-performing kids.

My sister attended an affluent private school and my god, the way those kids treated each other, the girl drama, the cheating scandals, the way they judged our parents for driving a Subaru rather than a Saab FFS!  Affluence comes with its own set of ills.  Don't think there's any perfect school, OP.  [/quote]

How do you identify these "friends" as low income? Do the parents converse with you about their finances or are you assuming for some reason that they are low-income?

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