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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are your experiences there?  I have heard from multiple people that it's the best public (by far) in DC.  Do you agree?  I am debating a move at the moment.[/quote]

Definitely not one of the best bay far. It's definitely top 5 in my opinion. Test scores wise it's top 5 but not #1. The thing it has going for it over other schools that score higher is that it feeds to Deal. If you compare subgroups, Hearst does better and also feeds to Deal but smaller and more diverse community. It's a great school. Personally, I wouldn't choose it if I had the choice. It's a little too crowded and not as diverse as I'd like. [/quote]

Not "diverse" ???

Janney is very diverse.  There are all types and many languages spoken there.

White, black, European, Indian, Asian, Hispanic ,and mixed race kids, how much more diverse do you want it ???[/quote]

Pp you quoted. I said "not as diverse as I'd like it" note the "I".
As an AA parent, I would prefer my kid not be an only. Yes, it's selfish opinion but that's why I said it was for me.
I didn't say one negative thing about the school. I think it's a great school. I would prefer Hearst or Eaton who apparently do better in testing and have a diverse student body. People keep saying "well what about DCPS that is 90% black", I'm not talking about those schools, I'm comparing to other WOTP schools. I wouldn't want my kid at a 90% black school either. [/quote]

Viewing "diversity" solely in black and white terms is very one-dimensional, sort of a 1970s view of the concept.  Moreover, while African-Americans may now be below 50% of DC's population, they are by far still the largest group, so seeing AAs as being the diversity in DC is misplaced.

The PP is correct about Janney's diversity from a broad, 21st century meaning of the term.  The only aspect where Janney is less diverse is on income.  But that's harder to achieve in the US which (like DC) has a strong tradition of local, even neighborhood schools.[/quote]
I'm so sick of people saying that a family from India and Spain is diverse. No. Sorry. It's a valid point to say you don't want your kid to be the only kid with dark brown skin in his class. Stop saying it's an old fashion way of looking at things. A white kid from Spain  that speaks Spanish is great when being able to offer worldly diversity and cultural diversity, but that kid is not going to have the same plight as a black kid would when dealing with the issues that we deal with on a day to day basis. That white looking kid that speaks Spanish is not going to have to worry about being stereotyped by his teachers, parents of friends, neighbors or cops.

Honestly, would you be fine with sending your white kid to a school of all kids with black skin? What if the black kids were from dozens of African countries, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican, and Trinidad? That's diverse right? Well guess what, Banneker is filled with various African students as well as Caribbean students and for some reason I don't see any whites applying for it despite its diversity that's not boiled down to black/white. Because they don't see Ethipoian, Nigerian, Trinidad, Jamaican, they see an all black school and they don't want their kid to be an only. Valid reason IMO. Don't contest when the tables are turned.[/quote]

NP here. I completely understand that from your perspective, the kind of diversity that Janney offers is not sufficient, and that you wouldn't want your kid to be an only in the class; I wouldn't either (although I do currently send mine to a school with 1% whites, but that is for PK and I probably wouldn't do it beyond that). I do agree with the other poster though that diversity doesn't necessarily have to be racial or even socioeconomic. I don't think your definition is outdated, but there is no one way to define diversity and everyone should be free to seek the diversity they value most.[/quote]

Thank you. That was such a nice response.[/quote]

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