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[quote=Anonymous]There are lots of things we can debate about this and anyone who lives or works in even a moderately progressive place has seen some form of this or another.  SWS has become super woke over the years.  It is not something they try to hide.  So anyone playing the lottery for this school should do so with eyes wide open. Current families who aren’t comfortable with this likely have no other options unless they happen to live in bounds for one of the 3 desirable in-bounds schools (which most SWS families don’t, with the possible exception of LT).

So anyone deciding on the lottery should think about:
- whether this approach to talking about issues is consistent with your parenting values
- whether your kid will feel comfortable in this environment, given the way you approach these issues at home
- whether, given the limited time and resources that any school has, you want to be at a place where resources are dedicated to this over other things 
- even though SWS culture has changed from pretty blind on race issues to ultra-woke, one thing that seems to be constant is is cult-ish culture.  It helps to be bought in to whatever the issues du jour are.  Otherwise you just feel like a real outsider.  
- relatedly, there was almost no point to the pages of debate above this thread.  See it, accept it, and decide whether it is the place for your kid.  Have the confidence that if it is not, there are many many other options in the DMV that do not take this extreme approach where your family will likely be very happy and your child will leave well prepared for middie school.  [/quote]

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