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You've hit the nail on the head and the reason we have one in private and her little brother will soon be joining her. My oldest was in a 'W' school with great grades and easily scored in the upper 90s on standardized tests but we wanted a different experience for her and didn't like what we were seeing.  I went to a school similar to the one you described while growing up in Los Angeles - an amazing and happy experience and wanted this same experience for my kids.   When I attended my high school.  it was approximately 60% white and about evenly split Asian and Latino and maybe around 5% African-American.  It is now over 75% Asian and the culture has completely changed according to my nephews and nieces who have attended.  Before it was full of really smart and creative kids but interestingly, not high pressure and cut throat/competitive.  Now,[b] it is extremely academically competitive, the cultural arts is no longer highlighted, the sports team is abysmal and the kids are solely focused on GPAs and standardized test scores.[/b] [/quote]
This is BS. I grew up in LA, and still have family/friends there.

Schools with a lot of Asian American students absolutely care about cultural arts. They are very into music and art, and many are into sports, just not the kind of sports you like for white kids.

[b]IMO, you are like many of the white families who leave schools with a high Asian American population because you cannot handle the academic competition from these Asian American kids. You just use the excuse of "they are like robots" to leave the school.
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It is true that when the percentage of Asian American students starts to increase, the academic benchmark goes way up, and some people cannot handle it. That's fine. If you don't like the pressure cooker environment for your kids, then certainly you shouldn't have your kids go to that school.  I feel the same, so we don't live in a cluster where there is a lot of academic pressure.  But your attitude is either racist or defensive.

Be honest with yourself.[/quote]

As I have stated exhaustively, white parents aren't leaving because of the "competition."  These are well-heeled kids with plenty of money and connections to do well in life.  They JUST DON'T LIKE THE ATMOSPHERE ANYMORE. How much clearer do I have to be than that?  You are so stubborn, you can't fathom that other kids don't want to be around your kids because of their personalities but it is true. Be honest - would you want to WORK in an environment like this?  Of course not and kids don't want to attend schools where the kids have a one track mind and very little versatility or interest in anything that is not academic.  It really isn't rocket science.  Really.  But if what you want is a school full of people like your kids, you all are doing a great job of creating that environment. Wootton for one, is well on its way.  I have two friends who recently picked homes in the Quince Orchard cluster rather than Wootton because Q.O. offered a more well-rounded high school experience and these are kids who were in other MCPS magnet programs.  See, everyone really does not see things the way you do.  And that is okay.[/quote]
AGAIN, a lot of those high achieving Asian American students do waaay more than just school work.  They have very strong extra curricular activities; they play some sport; they play a musical instrument. They are just very high achieving in every way. It's hard to compete. I understand.  I didn't want my kids under that pressure, so we purposefully chose a cluster that didn't have so many high achieving Asian American students.

We decided against the Wootton cluster, too, for that reason.

Instead we chose RM,  but one of my kids ended up in the IB magnet program, anyways, that's like 90% Asian American, and most of them are very well rounded in terms of academics and extra curriculars.  They are super high achieving kid.

I understand not wanting your kids around such high achieving super stars.  It's hard to compete, and too much pressure.[/quote]

We are a big private school family - alumni of two different top DMV schools, 2 kids currently in private and many extended family in same and other privates. Our third child got into a Big 3 and I really begged her to go but she wanted to go to public. She had a lot of local friends and really wanted a bigger and more diverse environment. I admit now I panicked because I thought she could not compete at a large public and did not want her to have too much pressure. Many other families have told us similar reasons for choosing private. They portray it as more positive but it is really the same message. In the end we let our DD choose and she's doing great and is extremely happy in public. She has a more driven personality than our other kids, and the environment is a good one for her. She is not fazed by high achieving super stars. I do think our other kids might have been. We are Asian-American.[/quote]

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