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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Banneker threads always get ugly here.[/quote]

Why is that? Have parents asking for recent info on where Walls graduates go to college also been branded as "gentrifiers" and/or told to move out of DC?[/quote]

I don't have a kid in high school so I'm just saying this as an observer, but: posters asking questions about Banneker always seem to come from a place of skepticism and "convince me it's really good" with the subtext that they have a preconceived notion that it;s a school for kids unlike their own, but they could be persuaded to overlook the student body if you prove it to their satisfaction.  When people ask about SWW there's much more of an underlying assumption that it's the very best there is, and the subtext is IYKYK.

Because of that, Banneker supporters have often drafted really involved posts explaining how the school serves their kids, the general vibe and student characteristics, success stories, etc.  And usually it's all for nothing, because the person saying "convince me" will either shift the goal posts or say something really condescending about how that's good for *your* kids but I expect more (see the upthread PP about how some kids go to elite colleges from Banneker, but some go to schools that are not impressive at all - what kind of thing is that to 1) say at all, and 2) act like it's remarkably different from any other public high school?).

SWW, on the other hand, never has to defend itself on these boards and I've honestly never seen a supporter even describe the school.  I've read roughly a billion DCUM schools threads and all I know about SWW is that it's a smaller option than J-R.  I don't know whether SWW has a focus at all - is it humanities?  Probably not STEM, people would mention that.  Certainly not language, because people would scream it from the rooftop.  Do they have an amazing arts program?  Are there sports, drama, robotics?  There's no information provided in the threads at all, just an assertion that it's the best and if you have questions it's because your kids couldn't get in.

So from the perspective of someone reading just for general information about all the schools, long before my kid has to make a decision - the reason Banneker threads get ugly is that they attract people who come into them with a predetermined idea that Banneker is actually *not* a good school, or at least not deserving of being discussed in the same breath as J-R (the school for rich kids) or SWW (the school for white parents who can't afford private but think they deserve better than public), and are dedicated to shouting down anyone that likes it or disagrees.  [/quote]

Very well stated.

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