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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a 5+ year parent at SWS.  I am grateful that my kids got into and go to this school.  At the same time, I am unhappy with the school's efforts around diversity.

I have talked to the principal on numerous occasions and received the same 'oh well - what can you do?' type response.  Given another option for a school, we would take it.  SWS has slid by on a lot of things because parents were happy on some levels with the education.  I hope this most recent surge in voices questioning practices will result in some changes.

I used to buy in to the AA parents wanted different educational approaches for their children.  I don't anymore - AA parents ranging from the security guard to others have commented that if they'd known about this school, they would have applied.  There is a lot the school could be doing to reach out to AA parents - for starters, specifically asking current AA parents to volunteer at open houses, DCPS events and the MOTH school info night.   Let's not give the school a pass.[/quote]

In case you missed it PP: you should know that the AA families at SWS have both the brains and the balls to have this conversation for themselves and I'm sure they all want to be asked to testify/host open houses/be the face of he school every waking moment.  That's hardly a "solution". You have plenty of other options. Go ahead, free up that spot for a black family. [/quote]

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