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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live on the neighborhood and I'm sure the school is a nice place to go, but I still can't figure out why it's demographics are so skewed from the rest of the city. It has so few minority kids, at least from what I see when we go to the playground. I have heard the argument that it is a legacy from the Peabody days, but the Watkins/Peabody district is much more diverse, as is the current Peabody program. I don't think there is any conspiracy here, it's just strange to have such a demographic outlier in the middle of a still pretty diverse part of the city.

Personally, I have two years before we apply and will probably put it on my list, but I think we will prioritize schools with a better MS feed. Our IB is LT and I'm fine with it for early elementary. If we got into SWS or LT and no where with a better MS feed we will be leaving for the suburbs before upper elementary school anyway, so there doesn't seem to be a huge advantage of prioritizing SWS in the lottery. It's a very nice but short term solution to the schooling problem on Capitol Hill. [/quote]

Attend the open house next fall for the answers to your question[/quote]

If you know the answer, can't you just tell us? If there is an easy explanation for why there is an almost totally white school outside of upper NW (where there is an almost totally white population), give it to us. It is a demographic anomaly for this part of the city, especially for a school with no IB population.  Why is that?[/quote]

The demographics are almost the same as Brent.  Get your facts straight.  [/quote]

And?  Brent is a school that affords IB preference so the demographics of the school match the neighborhood and are based in large part on socioeconomics selected by who buys there (or could buy there).  SWW is a citywide school. So the demographics one would expect would be closer to DC than to Brent. Which is a nice way of saying, you're an a**. If you are going to come at the poster with attitude then at least bring some logic with your attitude. [/quote]

Not the PP, but I think the poster was just refuting the other poster's claim that SWS's demographics were an anomaly for this part of the city.

When did SWS become city-wide?  I thought prior to two-three years ago they gave neighborhood preference.  So, I guess it doesn't surprise me that the demographics are what they are. Also, I think even though it is city-wide now, it still draws mainly from the neighborhood - which is pretty close to Brent.[/quote]

It's ironic, and kind of damned if you do/don't -- when SWS went independent there was a great deal of discussion of maintaining a boundary vs. city-wide enrollment, and the general consensus among DCPS and the school community was that citywide would increase diversity.  Given the scarcity of ECE seats and the prominence of sibling priority that hasn't really come to fruition.  Any boundary in that area would have the same result either via siblings or demographics of neighborhood.  If you removed the medically fragile classrooms SWS would in fact be the whitest school in DC, including Janney and Lafayette.  I don't think that's the goal, and if you spend any time in the school you'd see it's an inclusive model for the kids.  They tend to bring less baggage than the parents.

Good luck finding anyplace in DC without at least some clique-ish atttitudes.  There's a wide range at SWS too.[/quote]

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