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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter currently goes to Holton and our family was drawn there in large part because of its commitment to DEI and its impressive seminar program focused on developing students who will be empathetic, critical thinkers with a strong sense of their own identity.

Unfortunately, under new leadership,  Holton’s re-enrollment contracts no longer explicitly name DEI as a priority. Instead, all the places where DEI had been named last year have now been replaced with vague reference to Holton’s “values.” I’ve reached out to the school to get a better understanding of what this change means for programming, but there have been other signals along the way that lead me to believe I’ll be disappointed in the response.

I come to this forum not to debate the merits of DEI in schools or even whether or not Holton is abandoning their commitment. Instead, I’m here to figure out what my options are in a short window of time before contracts are binding on May 31. Are there any girls schools with a strong reputation for DEI? I’ve got GDS, Burke and Sidwell in mind if co-ed is my best route, so open to other coed recommendations too. My daughter is in Middle School, so Madeira is not an option yet. Thanks!  [/quote]

I am surprised all the private school families keep talking about DEI.  Many of those private schools do not admit children with special needs and learning disabilities so how can they be for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?!  I had a friend who is all into DEI and sending her child to a well-known private (not in DC) and told me, "well they don't have to admit students with learning issues, so why should they?"  How does no one see an issue with that and the hypocrisy over DEI?

Some places are changing the name from DEI, but are still doing the work, so I would actually think if they are dong what you deem valuable for DEI.  So what if they changed the name to values?  I would much rather go somewhere that actually does the hard work than a place that is performative with language, but doesn't dig deep with DEI.  Look at what I wrote above![/quote]

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