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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s be real here, the soccer players from Sherwood don’t know the socioeconomic and racial makeup of Einstein. It’s a group of kids heckling their opponent and making a play on words. As adults, are we reading too much into it? Yes, it needs addressed but going out for blood because we think we know their intentions is wrong.

Look into the the students from the Sherwood boys soccer team. I’d estimate less than 20% are white. The remaining players are asian, Hispanic, black or a mix. It’s an incredibly diverse group of boys.

If any post should be deleted, it should be the one that accuses the Sherwood community of trying to keep their community white. Less than 50% of the students are white. How is that not diverse? Also, do you even know the history of Sandy Spring?

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why would the post about the Sherwood community trying to keep their community white be deleted? It's accurate. The community fought tooth and nail to prevent Sherwood from joining the NEC and they won. 
They did not want kids zoned for Springbrook, Paint Branch and Blake attending their school since these kids are mostly black, hispanic and lower income. Come on, Springbrook is known as being gang infested and those kids at Paint Branch are rough! So many behavioral issues!
And yes, I know the history of Sandy Spring very well but that is absolutely not relevant today where the demographics of Olney have shifted considerably. [/quote]

The NEC has been around since 1998. We are talking over 20 years. Those folks are long out of Sherwood HS. What school does your kid go to? What program are they in? I'm an Einstein parent and I think the situation is terrible but I also hope that maybe at least some kids will realize that words have meaning. I don't think painting the entire community of Olney and Sherwood HS as racist is helpful in building bridges to communication.[/quote]

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