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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question:  How well integrated  ( by race and SES ) are the actual content classes at Stuart-Hobson?  I realize parents probably don't actually know, because they aren't regularly in the classrooms--but maybe it has come up in discussions with your kids?

The Wilson principal instituted the Honors for All program in 9th and 10th grades specifically because she was appalled at the seeming segregation by race of the honors and AP classes vs. regular classes.

Curious if this is a consideration at S-H?[/quote]

The time to be concerned about in-school "segregation" is in elementary school (ideally before third grade), when there is still a chance to address the factors that lead so many black children to operating YEARS behind grade level. By HS, it's far too late and any such efforts are more about optics than anything else.

And as an African-American parent, the aversion to tracking really bothers me because it's kids like mine that suffer the most when grouped with kids not-on-par academically, but who happen to share the same skin color as my kid.  I'm sure that white and Asian parents don't like it either, but it's a really messy situation for my kids, with all sorts of troubling dynamics that might be hard for some to appreciate.

If you are a high-performing white or Asian, it may be annoying to be in a class with much lower performers, but no one is going to assume the worst about your abilities. My kid will just be assumed to be "one of them" until they prove otherwise.

So, yeah, I'd much rather have strict tracking, even if it means that my kid is one of the few black kids in the class. [/quote]

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