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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Assuming this is real, I would seriously consider Catholic school.  I have friends with kids at St Thomas Moore and they're very happy there.  We're at a different Catholic school outside the beltway, and I couldn't imagine such things being tolerated there.  [/quote]

I wouldn't do this. There are very few Black kids in Catholic school and catholic religion in general is looked at with suspicion. You aren't doing her any favors there. I wouldn't care how big the house or how long you saved. You are living among aggressive racists who are doing real harm to your child. Is the house worth it?

You need to get her out of the school by whatever means necessary and engage the black parent/his family to correct this immediately. This child is heading down a lifelong path of self hatred. [/quote]

Oh the irony!  In a thread about prejudice!!![/quote]

DP. Save your righteous indignation. The Catholic schools in Arlington simply aren't very diverse, no better than schools like Discovery and Tuckahoe. Take a look at the photos on the websites you'll see the token "diversity" photo where they've collected all of the minorities kids in one shot, and then all of the candids are all white kids. If OP's daughter is having self-image problems stemming in part from not being around more kids who look like her, Catholic school isn't going to help with that.[/quote]

I would second this. For whatever reason, the Catholic K-8 schools in Arlington are not diverse like they are in many parts of MD, or even other parts of  VA.[/quote]

I am the PP who suggested looking at Catholic schools - not because the ones in Arlington are diverse - but because OP made it sound like money was an issue and chances are there's space.  It doesn't sound like OP has a very good chance of APS resolving this before school starts and at the very least needs a back-up plan.  If I was OP, I'd 100% rather put my kid in a private school I could afford rather than back into the toxic environment she described.  But hey, if OP can afford GDS or Sidwell and they will accept her DD at essentially the last minute, go for it.[/quote]

What catholic school around here is less than $20k+/year?[/quote]

Most of them, even for non-Catholics.  St. Thomas More, as suggested above is roughly $9,000 for a non-Catholic.[/quote]

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