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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why are UMC families so worried about what’s in the school’s library or lack of sports? Have your kids read the classics from your library or the local library’s collection and have them join a sport they love. These ES standards are so low. Why are parents with advanced kids worried about them? The school is fun and magical. Why expect school to be the answer for all of your wants. Want them to learn algebra in 5th grade? I’m sure there is an app for that.  And yes Black parents are caring and active everywhere, all over the world, not just at SWS. That’s a platitude that didn’t need saying. I guess with all the black joy koolaid I’ve been drinking, I felt the need to share my admiration for the cohort of parents at SWS. There is also some woman on this thread mad at SWS because ‘Black people are racist too’. So, a group that’s been marginalized and persecuted harbors mistrust of the people who run and benefit from systemic racism. Is anyone surprised? They need their spaces to feel some connectivity and peace—I’m all for it. The bashing of SWS is comical. Thanks to the poster who talked about the CH neighborhood resentment for the school. That makes sense. Also yes, we will leave SWS if it is no longer serving my kids academically or otherwise. Right now, I can’t fathom it. [/quote]

You are correct and we all do supplement for our kids understanding that you cannot expect a school to be perfect or have what your child is interested in.  However, teaching leftist ideas instead of teaching fundamentals and critical thought and allowing kids to create art or do projects on subjects that are not about the black experience exclusively.  Im shocked the science fair project does not have some political theme.  How can you scream diversity - yet only lift up one race - there was NOTHING during Hispanic Heritage month, they only care about BLM and LGBTQ++++ - imagine being a black kid and not learning about ALL history imagine being reminded everyday of how you fall short and how oppressed you are - they are seriously not fostering a "magical" experience - In my humble opinion though,[b] I hope kids tire so much of this rhetoric that they will seek the truth and will learn the reality of these SJ movements- I see a lot of right leaning teens and Im here for that![/b][/quote]

SWS parent here who has posted in this thread.  The attitude posted above is what scares me, and I'm seeing it more and more from SWS parents who I consider to be generally good people and who I think would consider themselves Democrats.  The eye rolling and the questioning of WTF the school is doing.  There are serious race and women's and LGBTQ issues to be confronted in our society, and I think we could confront those issues in way that doesn't turn the school into a Republican's dream example of social justice gone off the rails. I honestly would not be surprised if SWS ended up on Fox News the way things are going.  And I don't think it's helpful in this cultural moment to do clueless cringey things like "affinity groups" because it just gives ammo to people like PP. [/quote]

Maybe if you stop seeing schools as partisan political institutions, that would help. Believe it or not, there are actual Republican families in DC, especially on the Hill where you have military families and of course parents working in politics. It is not inclusive to think that an elementary school should reprise a political platform or embody one side in the culture wars. [/quote]

do you know of any groups or where I can find these families - I really feel like I live on an island and stay silent because if you stand up you are considered a "bigot" or other term simply for having a different perspective and having traditional values.  [/quote]

Lots of military on the Hill at DCPS schools. That doesn’t tell you what their politics are, but generally more conservative. Republicans working in politics for the administration tend to locate in Virginia but there were some here during Trump and there are some R reps with kids around. [/quote]

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