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[quote=Anonymous][google][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SWS is not as great as it seems.[/quote]

It does have that certain je ne sais quoi. How do you say in English? Oh yes, blanc.[/quote]

Oh, you again. Things change, PP. You clearly haven't been to SWS in a while. The school is pretty diverse, both in students and faculty.[/quote]

53% white in a citywide school is "pretty diverse"? And you want to credit for faculty diversity to darken up the place? OK.[/quote]

Seems pretty close to the demographics of the city overall, and is certainly more diverse than its neighborhood.  [/quote]

Other schools in the neighborhood are 65+% white, so SWS is actually a more diverse option. [/quote]

L-T, Brent, and Maury are more white, but everywhere else has a much smaller percentage of white students (like 10-25%). I do actually think it's odd how white SWS has remained because I would expect most of the UMC white parents in the neighborhood to live IB for, and send their kids to, one of the three schools I just mentioned. I would expect most of SWS's population to come from the surrounding elementaries which, again, are much more diverse. But it appears that the school is more attractive to white parents. I'm not saying that's good or bad, or why it is, but I do find it surprising. SWS doesn't feed to a MS, so people attending the school are going specifically for the school itself.[/quote]

This is incorrect. SWS feeds into Eliot-Hine MS. Also, I don't understand your reasoning. We live in the neighborhood and chose SWS over our IB. Why? Because we live much closer to SWS than our IB. SWS is city-wide but draws heavily from the neighborhood. Some families get spots at SWS but not at their IB in popular Pk3 programs. They stay because it's a great (diverse!) community. We've also met great families from all over the city, primarily from SE and NE, which makes sense to me since families are clearly prioritizing commutes.

We would have been happy with our IB too, fwiw. [/quote]

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