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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WIS sounded like a hot mess to us when it comes to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and they tried to hide behind being “international.” Their admissions person actually says that they like to have some percentage of non-international kids for the benefit of the international students and families - so they can feel connected to DC/USA. We heard nothing about why that would be good/positive for the non-international kids. Sounded a lot like white people saying they want a few but not too many POC around for the benefit of white people. We were totally turned off. We are UMC African-American.[/quote]

The HOS had to be dragged kicking and screaming to put up  anything DEI related and then it was done just CYA check the box

The school was just fine for decades as a living within its means IB school for WB,IMF, IDB families, but then they joined the DC Private School version of the facilities " arms race", which necessitated that they start admitting more wealthy washingtonian types  who might choose the school for aspirational reasons such as having a kid who is bilingual as an " edge" for future career. Ya know, WB Economists just weren't cutting it with annual fund donations. The problem they literally " bought " for themselves was that this put them in the bind of having to then cater to the expectations of those " regular American parents" that in return for 42K a year, you better be nice to my kid ( not racist ), complaints about French teachers being " too strict " ( read: FRENCH ) and a shit show over what to do with the constant need to admit kids who maybe had LDs because their parents can $$$$ eventhough their chance of ever doing well in a French or Spanish Immersion program was Nil

Could still be a good school, if they weaned themselves from the money addiction [/quote]

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