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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an outside observer I have notice the following asp possible citrin using factors :

1) aftercare or should I say"extended day enrichment" includes Irish step dancing

2) the principal has historically let in families (even since becoming a city wide school) who aren't even on the wait list but who lobby really hard. Not sure what criteria he is using when allowing these families in, but it isn't diversity, from what I have observed.

3) when SWS was in the Peabody building, and started at pk4, while Peabody started at pk3, only families who could afford daycare an extra year could enroll in SWS, because SWS had a policy of not allowing in transfers from Peabody. This difference contributed to the "upstairs downstairs"' appearance.  [/quote]

Wow! Yuck[/quote]
 
+1, number 2 doesn't surprise me at all[/quote]

Oh please  :roll:

I'm no SWS apologist, and there plenty of fair questions that can be raised at the school.  Questions OP could actually ask in person though, it isn't "difficult to raise these kinds of issues" in any way at that school.  Be an adult and knock on Burst's door if you have legitimate concerns.

PPs are being ridiculous though if they think 1. Having Irish step in aftercare is somehow a measured, racist move.  It just happened to be what an ex-teacher taught and everyone adores her so that's what she teaches.  I guess the lovely AA woman who instructed engineering club was just a measured step to counterbalance that? They need to cleverly keep up the charade that they like black people?  2. Any other Principal in DCPS doesn't have this sort of (as far as I can tell perfectly within the rules) admittance latitude after count day and uses it.  See: number of OOB sibs in Brent lower grades or the number of employee children at pretty much any DCPS

3. That SWS consciously started at PK4 when housed at Peabody so as to "weed out the poor black folk."

Yes, Ha ha ha -- the plan of the four founding teachers has finally come to fruition!  Keep out the black people!  (But please give us the LGBT families, we love those guys.)

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