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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SWS has been majority white for 15 years (don't know what it was at its inception). As part of the cluster, black families self-selected to go to Peabody. The color of the students should not play a role in the discussion of proximity, nor should SWS be punished for its student body.

There are not so many homes nearby that the entire school would be filled by proximity preference. There is Sherwood Rec and an elderly apartment building that would take up one fourth of this proximity area. Also a women's shelter.[/quote]

this is not true.  My son started at SWS 13 years ago and it was about 50/50 black/white, and in the years prior to that it was majority black, and there were very few white kids in the traditional program.  When my daughter started about 10 year ago?  Yes--by then it had become majority white, and more white kids were joining the traditional program.

Now?  Many white kids in the whole school.  Don't know about percentages, but judging from the recent music concert it's a good mix!

Former SWS/WAtkins/SH parent.[/quote]

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