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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Banneker is actually a great example of the ways in which racism plays out. White parents in DC justify not sending their kids to any DC high school other than Wilson or Walls (if kid gets in). They say it's because they want academic rigor above all other criteria. If that's the case, then Banneker should be on their list, right? Academic rigor galore. But if you ask them about that, suddenly other criteria - like diversity and distance from home - become very important. I'm fine with diversity and distance from home being key criteria, but if you want academic rigor from a high school most  and you don't even consider Banneker, I have a hard time putting my finger on what other reason you could possibly have.

I send my very Scandinavian looking daughter to our neighborhood school. She's not the most advanced student in her 19-kid first grade, but she's definitely in the top 5 at any given time. When I talk to other parents in this area about her school experience, they don't ask what they're learning in first grade. They ask about the "social issues" and them at some point pretty quick after bringing up social issues, they ask if it's hard for her to be the only "high SES white student" in her class (she's actually one of two, but that's irrelevant to these parents). They are desperately concerned about what their kid's social experience will be as a consequence of their kid's ethnicity, and I've watched for several years as they try to figure out ways to ask the question without actually asking the question.

That's where the microaggressions come in, on this board and elsewhere. They don't want to come right out and say they're concerned about too many poor and/or brown kids, but they do want to know how those kids will affect their kid's experience. So they say "unprepared students" or "students whose parents don't value education" or ask about "behavioral issues" as though those were unique to the kids they're concerned about.

I understand them wanting to know, but I truly think it would be better if we had a very candid conversation about the effects of race and class on the educational experiences of DC kids. There are effects, and our kids will all deal with them, whether we manage to scrape together the $700k+ to buy a house in bounds for "a good school" or move to Bethesda or whatever. Talking about things from a place of sincerity, rather than derision and skepticism, would be helpful for me, but I've been told repeatedly by this board that I'm doing my daughter a lifelong disservice by sending her to a school where there are few children who look like her. [/quote]

Between this post and the person who posted this "I don't think Banneker needs white people. I think white people need Banneker".  These are the best 2 post I seen all year.  In all seriousness I will share my thoughts below:

As a native Washingtonian who had to go to school in another state due to my parents did not want me to attend DCPS (charters were not in existence when I was a kid).  This is why I came to DCPS to hopefully help fix the situation a little so parents do not have to do what my parents did for me (I'm black).  I can honestly say that I read these post every and I can personally tell you that DCPS on this forum gets slammed a lot "In some cases rightfully so" However, I can name Coolidge, Roosevelt, Any ward 4 middle or Ward 6 middle school and see people post things like this as I only going to focus on Coolidge

[b]Coolidge posts:[/b]

Modest Proposal: Moratorium on New DCPS/DC Public Charter Seats , posted on DC Public and Public Charter Schools, at 05/24/2017 11:10, by Anonymous
How about giving the Coolidge building to schools that are doing well, like Appletree and BASIS?

Whittier PS , posted on DC Public and Public Charter Schools, at 06/07/2017 19:00, by Anonymous
Coolidge is *not* a good school, by any definition.

Does the principal still get in hair-pulling

Wilson overcrowding survey , posted on DC Public and Public Charter Schools, at 06/07/2017 21:44, by Anonymous
. We're also preparing to waste $200 million renovating Coolidge HS which has less than 400 students

Here's my Favorite!!![/b]

04/18/2017 09:54     Subject: Where will my Shepherd Elem kid go to middle/high school?  [Up]
Anonymous

It's possible that 8 years from now Shepherd will still feed to Deal, but considering that Deal is currently pressing 1,500 students it seems likely some schools will need to be cut from the feeding system. Shepherd is one of the more logical choices to eliminate.

[b]MacFarland is the most logical possibility. Considering Roosevelt is right next to MacFarland, there's no way it would be Coolidge (which is good, because Coolidge might as well be jail).[/b]

I'm pretty sure Latin, Wilson, and other school that this site likes will not call a school a "Jail" no matter how low the grades are in that school.  For off of the things that is happening in D.C. "Which i'm glad it's happening".  The city is still dealing with the issues in the late 80's early 90's and all those kids are adults raising kids "And their not all black by the way".  What do you expect to see in just about any school in D.C. unless private?  You are going to have kids mixed from all social economic status attending school.  I will say that it's a lot or racist post concerning the poorer or majority AA schools on this site.  It's sad. Just sad and i'm glad the person who started this post from page one spoke on it.  The charter system was made as another option to help the education struggle in D.C.  This sight though you would think it's for non black students only as I see everyday [b]"HRCS" [/b]  meaning it it's not HRCS, or a ward 3 school, or admission school, their terrible and only poor blacks, latinos, attend.  Anyone can just type up and charter or DCPS school on this search thread and you will see all the hate and racist statements made with the schools that are not Ward 3, selective DCPS schools, and HRCS.

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