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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My opinion FWIW (not AA or Latina) is that when you do look at schools also look at schools that have a diverse representation on the teaching staff and administration esp. if you have boys. You don't want to be in a school environment where all the teachers are white women and all the support and custodial staff is AA.

If you decide not to go the expense house route, I'd invest some of the non expense money in foreign travel. [/quote]

That's hard to find. We aren't AA but Latinos (and look stereotypically what people think Latinos look like- brown skin, dark hair and eyes). My husband (who was dressed in a polo shirt and khaki pants)  went to pick up our son from his public school that is almost all white/Asian. A kid looked at him and asked him if he was the school custodian because they were out of paper in the bathroom. It is sad that all the teachers are white and the custodian and cafeteria workers are AA or Latinos.  It is hard not to be sensitive. When he won a math award at an assembly another mom turned to me and said, "oh wow, did they really just call your son's name?" and then realized it sounded offensive and tried to apologize by saying, "oh, yeah, um, I guess he is smart."  I think some teachers have had low expectations at the beginning of they year. His kindergarten teacher told me she was so surprised he could read fluently and didn't realize it until after Halloween. I really think she wouldn't say that to an Asian parent. So I picked a school with a top ranking, but now I am not so sure it was the best choice. We are looking into private schools for middle school and/or high school.  [/quote]

I'm so sorry that you and your family had to experience this.  Unfortunately,  this is a big problem with the public schools in this area in regards to AA and Latino students.   Even in the predominately, minority schools it's even worst.     So, it's a no win situation all around.   The culture of low expectations is what push some of us minority parents to private schools.         [/quote]

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