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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To add the following schools rank above SWS when it comes to just white student performance:

Math 
Marie Reed
Stoddert 
Payne
Janney 
Lafayette 
Tyler 
Watkins 
Key 
Maury
Inspired 
Eaton 
DC Bilingual 
LT
Ross
Shepherd 
Mann
Oyster 
Hyde 
Even Jefferson MS
Two Rivers
Powell

ELA
Ross 
Powell
Bancroft
LT
Key
Payne
Shepherd 
Eaton 
Maury
Janney
Hearst 
Stoddert 
Inspired 
Lafayette 
Jefferson middle (again, only showing cuz CH), Sojourner Truth for that matter
DCB
Two rivers Young
Watkins 
Mann
Brent 
Tyler 
Murch
Oyster 
Hyde
Two Rivers 4th
Marie Reed

Also to point out again, SWS has the highest population of white kids outside of the WOTP and some IB CH schools.

SWS has a long way to go. It’s sort of like the CH version of Creative Minds - white people continue to enroll to be amongst white people, not because it’s a better school.

Don’t get me started on their Black student performance. Their ELA scores a whopping 15% - the worst school in the City is scores 11%. They are tied for 5th from last place! Math is a tad better at 27%, tied with Bridges and below Center City Brightwood, Height….

So tell me what exactly does SWS do well?

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"Here is 1 metric, based off a flawed standardized test, that a small minority of parents actually care about."
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Oh come on. No one is saying PARCC tests are perfect, but when your white kids are underperforming schools in the city most of your parents would never consider and you're tied for 5th worst in the city for AA acheivement in the subject most linked to social mobility (ELA) at a school w/ enormous parental resources and social capital which claims that racial equity is basically its driving mission... something would seem to be very wrong. [/quote]

It stands to reason that SWS parents may be a little less hard charging at home when it comes to academics and that that posture coheres with SWS’s more gentle approach. If it’s a good fit for them, why complain?

Wouldn’t work for my kids, but is there some evidence that SWS kids fall on their face elsewhere? If not, let SWS be SWS now, let SWS be SWS tomorruh, let SWS be SWS forevah!![/quote]

SWS is a great school for kids who aren’t exactly academically oriented. If you don’t have great aspirations in that area, you can be happy at SWS, muddle through Stuart Hobson, and graduate from eastern. School isn’t for everyone and I am not trying to be shady. If you’re looking for real academics, literally any other school is a better option. [/quote]

You’re not getting it. The school is a public school, not a private school. It’s number one job is to educate City kids. They are failing on their mission. Full stop.[/quote]

Anyone commuting to SWS can just as easily get to (and into) JO Wilson, which is probably sufficiently focused on educating “city kids.”[/quote]

I agree with you. The difference is that some (not all) Sws parents seem to think that being “joyful” is more important than all that. And they RAM it in the faces of those of us who need solid academics. Well that’s fine if you’re okay with mediocre academics and have the cash to supplement later on or pay for some expensive easy admit private college somewhere I suppose. However there are a lot of people who can’t afford mathnesium (like me for example) and are dependent on the school to do a good job teaching my kids.  I’m super happy for the white parents who show off to their neighbors how they’re so super woke and belong to the white affinity group, but make no mistake- the resources and time wasted on making these white parents feel good is taken from resources which should be used to ensure a solid academic background for the kids. These parents could push for stronger academics instead of this nonsense. But then how could they brag about their wokeness at that ridiculous prom?[/quote]

It seems that you're a SWS parent. If you're so frustrated with the money spent on kindred, please feel free to send out a survey to the whole school. I think you would be surprised at the amount of white parents ranking academics over kindred. During the last survey I ranked kindred at the bottom for receiving extra funds.

Also, mathnasium is not only enrolled by SWS kids: Ludlow Taylor, Brent, Maury, Capitol Day School, Saint Peter. While I hear that you can't afford it, it seems that at all the schools there will always be parents supplementing. [/quote]

I echo the sentiment that a lot of white parents are fed up with Kindred too. We also ranked it last in that survey they sent out about priorities. I want SWS to be more academic. I want my kids to get homework and do math in the last two months of school. It's hard to speak out about the focus on race beyond surveys though - imagine being the white parent at a school with affinity groups that speaks out against them...[/quote]

Another parent who ranked kindred last on the survey.  It would be really interesting to see the results of that survey...[/quote]

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