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[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? [b]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. [/b]Why are parents with advanced kids worried about them? [b]The school is fun and magical.[/b] 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]

These "you need to supplement on the side" and "just accept low ES standards" arguments are so disingenuous. We already paid once to have our kids educated -- i.e. all those sky-high DC taxes we all must pay to lavishly fund DCPS, remember? So is it now too much to have public schools like SWS educate our kids please? [b]But to simply say that regular day school is really only for the social justice wars and that you need to educate your kids yourself on the side is a disservice especially to those families who can't afford an army of private tutors, mathnasium, etc.[/b][/quote]

+100. I'm spending $$$ per year on private tutoring to address my middle schooler's learning gaps, largely due to abysmal teaching at a similar charter. I sure wish my DS had found his ES years a lot less "magical" and actually got an education. 
I hope SWS rights itself. The decline in these schools can be subtle and then all of a sudden drastic (see also: Two Rivers). [/quote]

we left Two Rivers for SWS - I will say my kid likes it more but because of the friendships and feels it was more challenging than 2R - we started SWS after Covid - my guess is that all this spiked after the BLM movement.  The black families in SWS from what I can see all appear to be UMC and lots of mixed families - so I am not sure who all this is for.   lol[/quote]

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