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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dd is at an 80% Hispanic school 65% farms. No big issues but there are some different cultural issues. No hispanic kids will come to her birthday parties and she’s never invited to theirs. I even asked one of the friend’s moms and she told me weekends were for family. The only other girls who we have playdates with and go to birthday parties for are other white, Asian and one AA girl. Kind of stung for a while and I felt like we weren’t being inclusive but it is what it is. We did invite them.

About 1/4 of her K class spoke little to no English so that was challenging friends wise too.

My dd has no idea that many of the kids are lower income. Most have better clothes than her and definitely better shoes. Teacher buys extra snacks for kids who are hungry and I told her not to take food she doesn’t need. I sent some boxes of snacks in too and any supplies the teachers need. We often have brand new teachers and there’s a high burnout. [/quote]

My kids are at a school with very similar stats (in DC proper), and this has been our experience.

The social side of it has been a problem, to be honest. Most of the Latino kids are living in multi-generational housing, and have a ton of family in the area. Their social lives revolve around family and cousins. There is not a culture of going over to play at a school friend's house or going to or throwing birthday parties with unrelated kids. The parents are friendly and kind at drop off and pick up, and school events (like assemblies), and the kids play together and have a great time at school and recess, but we have had absolutely zero success on out of school socializing, after three years of trying. Our kid being limited to 20% of his class for playing on weekends has been a problem - we (like many DC white families) have no family in the area.

This isn't said with judgment, and I don't begrudge these families (I would love it if my kid had a slew of cousins his age around!) There have been no issues around the economic differences, and I've also been really, really impressed at the teacher's ability to differentiate in class, so academic concerns have actually been less than I anticipated. Even the language barriers have been manageable (between Google Translate and the kids learning English quickly and well) though that is also a challenge. But we're seriously considering changing schools for social reasons. It makes me so sad, but that might be where we land. [/quote]

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