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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can say this only on an anonymous forum. If you can do anything to not be in this situation - move, go to private school - then do so.
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Op here,. That is why I chose to ask this in an anonymous forum as opposed to Facebook - so that I can get an honest opinion. Can you elaborate on why you feel this way?[/quote]

OP, "honest opinions" are not necessarily a good thing. Especially when they're anonymous "honest opinions".[/quote]

Op here. PP, we have a buzzing Facebook forum. The only thing I've heard in the last 2 days is either shrill opposition and how this is unfair having to go from a 10 rated school to a 5 rated one or preaching about how all schools in hoco are good and our kids are resilient and will be fine anyway. I have not heard a single nuanced view of what the actual challenges would be for the kids being moved in order to help somebody with an open mind form an opinion.
Fwiw, we are Asians and my son is a v nerdy and somewhat socially clueless kid. [b]I wonder if bullying would be a risk[/b].[/quote]

Yes, bullying will be a risk - at the middle school you're currently zoned for, as well as at any middle school you might be rezoned to.[/quote]
It's a risk at every MS.  A friend of mine lives in a  school  cluster that is wealthy, white/asian, and friend's DC in MS was bullied there, and it was the "smart" kids doing the bullying.  There's different kinds of bullying - physical and non-physical.  Wealthy schools may not have a lot of physical bullying, but they have a lot of non physical bullying, which can be equally harmful. Another friend's DC goes to a higher FARMs rate school but is in the magnet program and doesn't get bullied probably because of the peer cohort.

We are zoned for a "balanced" MS, and my nerdy DC was never bullied. Now that doesn't mean there is no bullying at our MS, but that there is bullying everywhere, and having a higher FARMs population doesn't necessarily mean your kid will be bullied.

FWIW, I'm Asian American, too.  While I understand OP's concern, I would not say this is the end of the world in terms of MS.   As long as there is a good cohort there, your kid might be fine. I would also say that this experience might open up his world a bit more and build some resilience.  I would say try it, and if worse comes to worse, then pull him out. There could be some truly fantastic teachers at this school, and your DC might just have a pretty good experience.  The fact that you might be well off enough to pull him out and go private means you are in a very fortunate position than majority of people in this country.[/quote]

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