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[quote=Anonymous]Good, academically rigorous school but, by design, not intended to directly compare to others. A huge majority of the parents have at least one parent that is not American. While for worldly folks, this sounds fantastic, the reality is that it's not the most welcoming community. To some extent, I understand. The ex-pat experience (whether business, diplomatic, World Bank or other) is unique and folks tend to gravitate toward each other. But, a great many of the "norms" of international schools pervade at WIS, including lack of parent involvement (foreign schools typically do not ask for parents to volunteer or heavily participate) and lack of philanthropy (same thing...and therefore virtually no endowment at WIS). If IB is a major focus, there is no better option. If you are not considering it for a specific reason (IB degree, intense language focus, etc..), you might not be happy. [/quote]
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