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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To get back to the original question: it sounds as though you are suggesting either that your kids could only have a community at the school if there are other Jewish kids at the school - or that the other kids would reject your kids because they are Jewish. I am not sure what your community is like, but at my Title I elementary school, none of the kids are making their friendship decisions on the basis of religion, race etc. and the teachers do an amazing job building classroom and school community. There are SO many problems with DC public schools but this is what I like most about our school and I firmly believe my kids will carry their openness and love of  people of all types forward because they have had this rich and diverse community around them during such formative years.[/quote]

I agree completely with this.  We are at a JKLM, Deal, and Wilson, and I can tell you the kids could really care less about labels.  I see nothing but respect, I know my kids are excited and supportive of their friends having bar or bat mitzvahs, or whatever milestone they are celebrating.  And for religious holidays, teachers and staff work with you.  The kids are going to be friends with who they will be friends with, and for you to focus on this makes YOU seem somehow exclusionary.[/quote]

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