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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Unless you are a parent of a non-Spanish speaking kid at a title I school, you really aren’t equipped to say how a kid will fit in or what his experience will be. You aren’t out on the playground at recess. [/quote]

NP. I am the parent of a non-Spanish speaking kid at a Title I school with a very small number of non-Hispanic white kids.

It's fine. Honestly. The kids speak English on the playground much more than you seem to assume they do. Birthday parties are HUGE deal and the whole class is invited. Honestly, the parties are much fancier and nicer than the ones I throw for my own kids, despite what I'm pretty sure is an income gap between my family and many of theirs.

Playdates are not common, but that's not because my child is being excluded - it is because they are culturally not really a thing if you are growing up surrounded by siblings and cousins. Like, playdates exist so that middle class white singletons and families with big age gaps can have age peers. If you have age peers across the hall or in the same home, they are unnecessary.

If OP's kid is in a younger grade, I'm sure it will be fine. I'd be a little more cautious about an older kid, but only because peer groups have hardened by that time and some of the higher performing kids have been pulled away to the CES program. [/quote]

Honestly curious: what was your motivation for sending your kid to this school? Was it out of necessity? Or did you want them to grow up "woke". [/quote]

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