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From 00:55

"Howard U has this school up and running without having the need to apologize for not being diverse."

Unbelievable, particularly in the light of the posts on DCUM about BASIS and their nefarious plans to exlude AA and SN students. How many SN students are at HUMS?

Thanks for the thread. I keep forgetting about HUMS and I have to start the middle school process in the fall. My only issue is that my very bright 4th grader is somehow under the impression that she's 20. I don't know if I want her that close to a college campus for the middle school years .

@1:14, I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. But lets commend Howard for developing their customers at the middle-school age. In the long-run this might be the way to reverse the struggle.

Anonymous wrote:@7:36, my sentiments exactly. Many people are clueless about Howard and that's okay. The exposure alone our children get at the middle school age to Howard University is worth twice as much as those students who are at SWW on George Washington's campus.

Hush. This will help ALL of our HBCU's. Funny, that's another item that upsets white people.

The only thing that upsets me about HBCUs is that many of them (not Morehouse, Spellman, etc.) are financial basket cases and have greater challenges educating their students because of the need to provide education to make them college ready. It's really a shame because kids who couldn't go anywhere else 50 years ago now have endless choices and it unfortunately doesn't help HBCUs who struggle to recruit the best and brightest, let alone remain financially sound.

This is why HUMS needs to stay under the radar. They are producing students who are flourishing at the high schools of their choice. Howard U has this school up and running without having the need to apologize for not being diverse. Let's celebrate the success of the school instead of suspecting it not making white people feeling welcome. Sheesh! Slowly becoming Hicksville, USA.

Let the first white child to attend be yours or STFU. I am sick of this trying to be a victim crap. Hell, with a spade calling it a spade, it is now a bunch of white's bullsh*t.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, when you have two good choices then you can't go wrong.

Please, let us change the subject about HUMS it has been the best kept secret in DC. Move on there's nothing going on here...false alarm.

I am with this poster...let's change the subject and go back to the usual suspects. False Alarm!

So this must be how a quality public charter middle school in a city desperate for them can end up with zero white kids: make it crystal clear that they are not welcome.

NP here, a white person who knows about Banneker but not HUMS. in my experience, some white parents want Banneker to beg them to come. Others act as if their white kid couldn't deal with being among a handful of white students in an overwhelmingly black school - even an overwhelmingly black school full of dedicated students who are polite and work their asses off.

I didn't find whites to be not welcome. I found some white parents (not all by any means) not willing to give Banneker a fair shake. Don't know if it's the same for HUMS.

Nope. It means we live in a racially segregated city. Why do you think Howard U hospital serves all black people? Same for some restaurants, schools, neighborhoods. White people aren't unwelcome but most would feel very uncomfortable patronizing these places. I'm from Cleveland, Ohio and DC makes it look integrated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, when you have two good choices then you can't go wrong.

Please, let us change the subject about HUMS it has been the best kept secret in DC. Move on there's nothing going on here...false alarm.

I am with this poster...let's change the subject and go back to the usual suspects. False Alarm!

So this must be how a quality public charter middle school in a city desperate for them can end up with zero white kids: make it crystal clear that they are not welcome.

Don't take it personally. The fact that you didn't know about the school doesn't mean you aren't welcome. Just means you are uninformed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey, when you have two good choices then you can't go wrong.

Please, let us change the subject about HUMS it has been the best kept secret in DC. Move on there's nothing going on here...false alarm.

I am with this poster...let's change the subject and go back to the usual suspects. False Alarm!

So this must be how a quality public charter middle school in a city desperate for them can end up with zero white kids: make it crystal clear that they are not welcome.

Anonymous wrote:Hey, when you have two good choices then you can't go wrong.

Please, let us change the subject about HUMS it has been the best kept secret in DC. Move on there's nothing going on here...false alarm.

I am with this poster...let's change the subject and go back to the usual suspects. False Alarm!

H UUUUUUUU...... BISSSSOOONNNS!

When you are great school it is easy to slip under the radar.

The school is 5-8. Where do the children usually attend after the 8th grade. Are languages offer?. I know that it is a stem school, but I am still interested in languages fir my child. Thanks.