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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids are next to a high school in one of the worst wards in the city in regards to drugs, crime, gangs, etc.....It would never even be a consideration for our family.[/quote]

Do you not realize that actual people live there? There is crime all over this city, and some people can’t afford to live somewhere else. What makes you think that the students would be unsafe being in the school building? The temporary location is right next to a rec center and is pretty difficult to enter. This comment just seems like one big micro-aggression.[/quote]

It is true that crime is higher in that ward.  It’s also true that some parents would not send their 3 year old there.  You may but others make different choices.[/quote]

I really don't think that Stokes created "East End" to serve those who do not live in the east end, so it really doesn't matter what you think. You can't really expect to talk trash about an entire ward and not offend the people who live there (who are not uniformly criminals and fools by the way). It's also kinda racist. Some people. [/quote]

Right, according to the PP's logic there would be no school in all of Ward 7 that could be good enough to send a kid to. He/She looked at google maps, saw a HS down the block from the school and assumed it was full of gangs and drug users, some view of the world there. As someone who has a kid in Stokes East End, Spanish immersion, and is at the school every day, my family is very happy with the school and the entire location is clean and trouble free. Another PP said something about unruly halls during a visit, but that is not what I've seen being there every day. The school has a great staff, the kids line up every morning, sing the school song and line up to go to their great classrooms, the afterschool program is very well done as well. If you are interested, please do not take anything you read on this forum as gospel and go visit the school to see for yourself. I'd be surprised if this school doesn't become something really great as it fills out. What a clown show this board is as usual. [/quote]

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