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Yes, regardless of any diversity issues that my family and social subset experienced, I can say that I truly do love Beauvoir.  And, most importantly, my ds has cherished memories of his teachers and friends.  He felt cared about and loved there.  Couldn't ask for anything more.[/quote]

What diversity issues have your family and social subset experienced? Please elaborate.[/quote]

We were a small group of non-traditional and economically diverse families that were of a different fit at Beauvoir.  You wouldn't describe any of us as shy or reserved. We volunteered at school functions and in our children's classrooms. In general, we usually felt out-of-place during parent mixers so would only converse with each other.  In comparing notes, most of us experienced being ignored on some level, i.e., not being looked at, at all,  stilted one-on-one conversations (wouldn't describe it as small talk awkwardness), feeling "cliqued out" with no where to fit in, icky moments when class distinctions would become all-too apparent -- chit-chat about exotic, vacation plans.

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By "non-traditional," do you mean single parents or gay/lesbian couples.  [/quote]

Yes, both.[/quote]

Thanks for satisfying our curiosity.  Do you think your experience would have been different had you gone to say, GDS?  And if so, did you have the GDS option and simply elect not to take it?[/quote]

We also applied at GDS the same year that we were accepted at Beauvoir and was accepted by both.  Chose Beauvoir because we were looking for more structure.  Our experience probably would have been different at GDS not sure it would have been a great fit for our ds.  [/quote]

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