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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live on the Hill but send to private school in NW so I don't have the same school anxiety as the vast majority of parents in our area but my perception is that [b]parents who are at SWS truly believe they've won the lottery[/b] - they can't afford to send to private or move to NW for better schools but because they are white UMC, they are terrified of their kids attending a majority non-white school. The sheer relief on their faces when they tell me that they are SWS is palatable. That plus the "well I'm a good person because I send my kid to public school" vibe. It's people who want private school but can't afford it and like to pretend they are good white people. [/quote]

Pot … kettle. [/quote]

I'm the PP - no, not pot...kettle. I don't pretend to be something I'm not. And we can afford private. Do what you want to do, but be honest about it. Don't pretend you're a good white person because you live on the Hill and send your kid to DCPS when you're sending them to SWS. I'm honest about who I am - paying for private to not deal with public school. Yes, I'm a shitty white person. [/quote]

So you’re proud to be a racist?[/quote]

How many DCUM posters would send their kids to a majority black DCPS school? And I’m not talking about a Payne or JO Wilson where you see other white faces and feel comfortable.

Just looking at all the Pre-K 3 lottery posts make my skin crawl. There are plenty of DCPS schools that offer no-waitlist or lottery need for Pre-K 3. Yet parents would rather pay for private then have their child be the only white kid in an all-black school. [/quote]

This is partially true but not for the reason you assume.  It's one of the best EC programs in DC.  Lots of SWS parents also send kids to private schools and charters and not all families are affluent.  No one thinks they're sacrificing by staying in DCPS -- like most families they're picking the school that they think is best for their kids.  SWS enrollment functions like charters in that sense but the trade off is a low demand feeder path.  Unlike charters at least SWS has unionized teachers and same oversight as any other DCPS school (good and bad).  There's no shady dark money sourcing beyond 'public charter' veneer.

Maybe question living in a by-right zones like Janney or Lafayette which reflect highly racially segregated neighborhoods.  Sadly the same thing is happening on the Hill and shows at Peabody, Brent and Maury. Lots of Hill families send kids to privates anyway. Bless their hearts.[/quote]

Your comment doesn't make any sense. SWS is not one of hte best EC programs in DC. I'm saying that these are parents who wish they either lived in a "better" school zone or could afford private from prek. I don't think they are sacrificing, I think they wish they had a different option. You're telling me that a parent at SWS would rather then their kids to SWS than Sidwell? Yeah, ok. They are the parents that are just so grateful their kids don't have to go to Miner or Watkins. [/quote]

I love when people can't imagine any perspective other than their own. Yes, I'd much rather my kids attend my IB DCPS than Sidwell. There is nothing about any elementary school that makes me think trekking my kids 45 minutes each way is remotely worth it. I love that my kids go to school a few blocks from their house, where 3/4ths of their classmates live within about 5 blocks of us and they are meeting a mix of people from all kinds of backgrounds. I have nothing against privates and expect to send my kids to private HS at the very least. But the assumption that no one would want to send their kid to a nearby DCPS over Sidwell? That is truly myopic. (My kids don't go to SWS, but go to a nearby Hill ES.)[/quote]

I'm PP - if your kid goes to a nearby Hill school, you aren't the SWS parent I'm talking about. I said SWS parents wouldn't want to send their kid to a nearby DCPS over Sidwell. Not you. [/quote]

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