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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD had SR and Holton on  her list for next year. These threads are very concerning. [/quote]

She will receive a great education at Stone Ridge. That is not in question.

It is, however, up to you if you decide to drink the Kool-aid or not. A lot of it strikes me as rather silly, but at least the pandemic has lessened the expectations on the parents.

They have, unfortunately, jumped firmly on the DEI bandwagon (along with most of the other private schools in the area), so I fully expect to see that becoming more and more of a feature.[/quote]

The recent DEI survey was interesting. It was sent to parents, students, and faculty. The questions were all written in the following way: "how well would you say Stone Ridge has been doing in its DEI mission", etc., etc. There were no questions like "do you think that SR should be using the Critical Race Theory framework in designing its DEI initiatives" or "do you think generally that focusing on racial differences is a good or a bad thing." In other words, the survey was essentially written as a fait accompli--that we all agree that Kendi and DiAngelo and CRT are all the goal--now how well are we doing vs. that goal? As several other posters have noted, any questioning of the DEI focus, or the Kendi / anti-racism POV as a framework, is just called racist. Well, to be fair, not called racist; but certainly not up for debate. There was one open-ended question at the end. I hope people were honest there.

It's fascinating, because on the one hand, there is this country club / big donors get away with stuff vibe, and yet on the other, there's this crazy far-left focus on CRT / DEI. The two together make for a very lonely place for average parents who just want their daughters to get a great education and develop meaningful friendships in a relatively sane social environment. That being said, we're sticking it out; I don't really see a good alternative. It seems like all the privates are basically in the same place. And, the teachers (in the high school) are tremendous. At the end of the day, that's all that matters.[/quote]

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