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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen arents of all races refuse to see behavioral problems by the child in question (e.g. White student caught cheating, parents opining that school "has ruined [child's] life" because offense was reported to colleges as per school policy), or insisting that the teachers are doing something wrong where child is underachieving.  White parents are more likely just to assert these things without providing a reason, African-American parents somewhat more likely to raise the issue of racial insensitivity or bias.

It is good to care about how your child is treated, but try as hard as you can to make sure you are being honest with yourself about any real issues your child may have had.  Parents who say "nobody gets treated like this except for [my kid] [this racial/ethnic group]" often don't know of many prior examples to the contrary that are correctly not publicized due to student/family privacy concerns.[/quote]

PP what you say is somewhat true, but please know that many AA parents have dealt with the issue of race many times in their life and sometimes you just know you are not being too sensitive.  As much as you want to believe that race does not factor into the situation you get that familiar gut feeling which allows you to see "what’s really going on" I don't easily dismiss these claims because as a former teacher I have seen something very close to what the other  posters have described  in both the public and private schools.[/quote]

At DS's school most of the boys expelled each year are black.  Word spreads like wildfire on Face Book and people chat.  Maybe the boys who were expelled due to smoking pot at school or whatever their school offense, were just unlucky or did a poor job of appearing innocent or maybe they were happy to be thrown out or maybe they weren't white.

OP, I know just how you feel, believe me you are not alone.  My biggest worry is that school admin/faculty doesn't see a human when they see my son or any boy at the school who looks like him but just some dark, dangerous thing that they need to repel against.   I can't believe that I wrote that but that's how I feel.  PP, I guess I should work a little harder on that trust thing you mentioned and stop getting all tripped out.

I've met several families who love Potomac, they enthusiastically claim that it has a warm, inviting community, and an excellent curriculum   I never considered applying after Beauvoir but now I wish I had.   My DS had a wonderful Beauvoir experience, his teachers were very supportive and he had many friends.  However, his more rambunctious friends didn't share his happy experience. [/quote]

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