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[quote=Anonymous]I'm convinced there is a CH neighborhood campaign to disparage SWS so parents will send their kids to their IB schools. Any school can be picked apart. SWS is perfect for us, for all the reasons you love it and hate it. I'm a POC mom who doesn't necessarily trust any institution entirely with the instruction of my child. I would have supplemented regardless of where my child would have gone because no school is off-the-charts amazing in every way. Nobody is saying SWS is for everyone and nobody cares that Brent scored a few points higher on this or that. You're not bursting any bubbles with your innovative read on data readily available to all.

A couple of people are upset about prom. You could show up in your favorite target dress and no one would blink an eye. tickets are pay what you please. we donate our own wine and then drink it 'for free' at the bar. I'm glad my child goes to a school where parents have more spendable income. We cover the expenses of the many families who don't donate at all (and aren't pressured to).

SWS is diverse. It is just not majority Black. It is approaching 30% Black (and growing), half 'white', 12% multiracial, 7% other. Keep in mind that "white" can be any kind of ethnicity that doesn't fall neatly into Black/White/Asian/Hispanic, including middle eastern, central asian and other people who don't identify as white but are categorized that way by our made-up definitions of race. Similarly, multiracial kids can also be Black, Hispanic, Asian, etc.

So half the school is non-white and the white portion is comprised of 'white' and other ethnicities, of which I am one. This is diverse. If a singular race is important to people, one could find a school that is more Black, more Hispanic, or more white.

Some people complain that the school doesn't serve 'city kids', some that the school focuses too much on the Black experience. Some people can't stop complaining. Ask people what they like about SWS to get the full picture instead of assuming that every parent who sends their kids there is clueless. I won't list the pros here so I don't "RAM it in the faces of those who need solid academics." I guess SWS' kindness approach is rubbing off on me...[/quote]

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