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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry I was ranting and did not clearly articulate my views.

Yes, I am referring to public school.

I know that K and 1st are not taking exams. I also know generally that reading and writing are not REQUIRED going into K. It just feels like thats the expectation where we are. My neighbor is a K teacher in MoCo and the things she told me really shook me. She has LOs in 2nd and 4th and shes about to outright quit and homeschool b/c she is sickened with the system. Her best friend already did this, and she was ES teacher for 10 years (in NOVA though). That kind of freaks me out.

I understand private school, in many cases, can (most likely) be worse in terms of academics and diversity.

We rented in the west part of MoCo b/c it was closer to our jobs, not completely understanding the demographics. We cannot move right now too far right now or anytime soon, due to the time demands of DHs job.

My DCs daycare/preschool is 95% white and Asian (I hate using such a broad term. Sorry.) Nearly all of the kids in will go to our school go to our local school. Our zone school demo is more diverse. But not by much.

I'm not racist against my own people. Its just odd having such a disparity. Neither me, nor DH grew up in schools like this. No one had to explain race or racism to us. We saw it in action. We learned to appreciate and support the similarities and differences of those from different backgrounds and religions.  We learned to empathize with those less fortunate and to standup for the injustices against them based on class or color. School is where we learned these lessons. Its not the only place where my kids can learn this by any means.  But its one of the best places.

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