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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Playdates are not always very smooth, due to the language barriers with some parents, but what a gift to my children to let them grow up among so many different cultures.  My sons have friends who are Hispanic, African, Vietnamese, etc. and are comfortable around children who look different and speak different languages.

I've had a LOT of people wrinkle their nose when I mention which school my boys attend, but honestly, they both love it and we love it.  The smaller class size is fantastic--more ESOL and FARMS kids means more resources for the school, and higher standards for hiring new teachers, and that benefits all the students.[/quote]

My experience is similar to this.  I've got three kids at a Title 1 school in FCPS and the PTA is pretty small but still active.  It's the kind of school that would get beaten up by the harpies on DCUM but we're very very happy with it.  We've not had the troubles in the upper elementary grades that some have spoken about but I think part of that is that my DH and I are well known at the school and we know many of the kids.  When our oldest was having some social problems in school (nothing to do with it being a Title 1, it was all him), I started having lunch with him 2-3 times a month.  I got to know the names of all his classmates.  I've continued that tradition with his siblings and even if I don't know a kid, they know who I am. The teachers have been fantastic, supportive and caring - of course, there's always a bad apple or two but they don't make the school.  The additional resources have been great and as the PP noted, the student/teacher ratios are great!  It's also great for the kids to experience cultural, economic, racial diversity.  I've also liked that when we tell our kids that we don't have money for X, Y or Z, they don't feel shame.  They sure do want those things but have a better appreciation that we have money for the things we need, not always for the things we want.[/quote]

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