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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s been a few years since my kid interviewed and perhaps the wording is different, but I remember there being something along the lines of dress for success being suggested, as to encourage the interview being taken seriously, not a “dress code”. It’s really not a big deal.[/quote]

I mean, here is the language. It seems quite explicit/prescriptive:
We also want to remind families of dress expectations of School Without Walls admission interviews.  All students are expected to wear casual professional attire.  We expect students to wear slacks, shirt, shoes, appropriate pants, dress, sweater, blouse/shirt, or jacket (tie, jacket, and/or suit are optional). We ask students to refrain from wearing tennis shoes, tee shirts, jeans, leggings, or any attire that does not meet the standard for a formal interview.[/quote]

A kid’s ability to put together “casual professional attire” is so much more about the parents than the kid. This is strange gatekeeping.[/quote]

I’m pretty flummoxed by the idea that teenagers wouldn’t have at least one professional looking outfit. What do they wear to church? Thanksgiving?[/quote]

Maybe most can, maybe some can’t. I think the question is whether there is any defensible reason why admission to a public school should have anything at all to do with what a kid wears. [/quote]

Most of the public schools in my area of DC have uniforms. [/quote]

And the uniforms allow for tennis shoes. Seems to be that if a kid shows up to a SWW dressed in the uniform of their current school, that ought to be acceptable.[/quote]

It is kind of obnoxious/condescending the view of several posters on this thread that lower income students (I assume that is who they are feigning concern for?) don't have a single nice/presentable outfit to wear.[/quote]

It's more than obnoxious, it's racist. I know a lot of parents with expensive *name brand* fleeces and organic everything and ski trips and beach houses whose children look uncouth and rarely bathed. We are a family of "URMs" and "low income!" (1) I am offended by all of this "the poor children without proper shoes" talk and (2) my babies always look nice AND are bathed daily (I didn't know yall didn't bathe your babies daily until I met more white parents). Good luck to everyone tomorrow and next week! [/quote]

This is pretty much it! It's pretty sad to watch.They are whinning b/c they view SWW as "their" school with some sort of birth right. How dare anyone  ask me to do anything to inconvenience me.This is true for pretty much all the magnet programs esp in their beloved NYC, Boston, etc.

One thing about URM and low income-the community will come together to make damn sure the kids with opportunities have what they need. There is no complaining about basic dress req, interview time, recs, etc. [/quote]

OK, except overwhelmingly at-risk students are just not applying. The money quote on this was:

“It could be that our families have gotten wind that certain schools are not for them, or not supportive of them,” said Carlene Reid, the Ward 8 representative on the D.C. State Board of Education. “I would not trust to put my child in a school that has systemically shut out students from Ward 8.”

Even before you get to the part about dress and interview time, they're selecting out of it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-without-walls-admissions-test-diversity/2021/08/27/6959cec2-0293-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html[/quote]

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