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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, it sounds like you are frustrated that families at your IB might make choices based on their long term needs for their children, which will make it harder for you to stay there until you leave town. And then, inexplicably, you e decided this is because THEY are racist.

You are the one mad that other white families wont stay at your IB, making it “good” in your eyes and saving you the trouble of changing to another school so that your child can have more white peers.

Stay, don’t stay, it’s up to you. Don’t expect others to stick around when you don’t intend to. No one owes you a certain demographic balance in your child’s 5th grade class. Good god.[/quote]

OP here. I’m not frustrated. There are lots of older kids at our school I’d be happy for my kid to be in class with, so if nothing changes, I’m good with things just as they are. What I am frustrated about is families that automatically write off the solid neighborhood schools around us and say things like “I’m not even worried about middle school, I just wish there was a DCPS we could stay at through fifth.” There is, you walk past it every day and don’t even see it. [/quote]

OP.  Dude.  You met those kids like yesterday.  How much time have you spent with them total, ever?  You haven't a clue how they actually do academically.  Does seeming nice to parents briefly on the playground somehow automatically indicate that they're on grade level in math?  You don't even know that these kids attended your school all along, they could be new this year.  And somehow this indicates to you that your child's future classmates, whoever they end up being, will be fine academically?  Listen to what people are trying to tell you.  There is a LOT about DCPS that a kindergarten parent might not see in the first two months of school.  I really hope this works out for you.  I wish you well.  But you're going into this seeing what you want to see.  Not what really is.[/quote]

They’re neighbors, we’ve known them since they were little. That’s a plus to an IB school![/quote]

Okay...  So, if everything's totally great and your neighbors are awesome and you know for sure that everything's going to be fantastic through 5th, why did you ask the question?  Did you just want to complain that other people are racist?  Or did you actually want to know other people's experiences at similar schools?  Because you sure are ignoring the answers to the question you asked.[/quote]

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