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[quote=Anonymous]I’m not from any of these areas, but I’ve always found it odd that DCUMers always love to trash Poolesville, Olney, and Damascus for being “racist” and “Trumpy.” I’m not going to deny that some of these areas are more conservative than down-county & may have problems w/racism. I’ve heard of a number of incidents coming out of Damascus HS, but it’s also an issue in down-county schools west of 270 as well, and I can say that from personal experience with those schools. It may not be the “Trumpy” kind, but it was still racism and still instilled lifelong trauma in minority students. So if you’re commenting on here about how Sherwood is “racist” and you’re a parent from a W school, I hope you have the same energy towards the racism in your own communities as well.

I have relatives & friends who went to Sherwood, and my impression of the school is that it’s a solid & well-rounded high school. The community around the school seems to have a healthy mix of socio-economic diversity. While the FARMS rate at Sherwood is low, it has more FARMS than W schools do, and there’s much more variety in income levels among the non-FARMS students there. Whereas the W schools non-FARMS students are more uniformly affluent, the non-FARMS students at Sherwood are a good mix of regular middle-class, UMC, and very affluent. Racial diversity is like something between the W schools and DCC schools. Sports seem like a huge deal there. There’s not as much pressure to be perfect there like there is in the W schools, but there’s still plenty of motivation & opportunities for high-achieving students to do their thing. I can’t really comment about the teachers or staff, since I don’t know much about that. But as far as the academics of the school and the community around it go, I never noticed anything unusual. [/quote]

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