Anonymous wrote:Not True.

Can you clarify what you're saying is not true? Thx.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Shining Stars sounds like a nightmare administratively. Fired ED and Principal all at once. No way would I send my kid there.

Just a correction: The ED resigned over politics. And the Prinipal was his spouse and resigned as well. They were both wonderful people, FWIW.

SSMA has lots of admin headaches, but from what I hear they aren't alone.

- SSMA Parent

Can you clarify what politics made him resign? He led the open house I went to a few weeks before it happened, and I really liked him. Thanks.

Is this a Stokes question or Shining Stars?

SSMA

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shining Stars sounds like a nightmare administratively. Fired ED and Principal all at once. No way would I send my kid there.

Just a correction: The ED resigned over politics. And the Prinipal was his spouse and resigned as well. They were both wonderful people, FWIW.

SSMA has lots of admin headaches, but from what I hear they aren't alone.

- SSMA Parent

Can you clarify what politics made him resign? He led the open house I went to a few weeks before it happened, and I really liked him. Thanks.

Is this a Stokes question or Shining Stars?

Not True.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shining Stars sounds like a nightmare administratively. Fired ED and Principal all at once. No way would I send my kid there.

Just a correction: The ED resigned over politics. And the Prinipal was his spouse and resigned as well. They were both wonderful people, FWIW.

SSMA has lots of admin headaches, but from what I hear they aren't alone.

- SSMA Parent

Can you clarify what politics made him resign? He led the open house I went to a few weeks before it happened, and I really liked him. Thanks.

According to the stokes website, Stokes is not a high SES school, it has a majority FARM population which is

1) 83.5% of total students are on free and reduced meals.
2) 91% of the students are African american and Hispanic.
3) 9% of the students are white.

Anonymous wrote:Shining Stars sounds like a nightmare administratively. Fired ED and Principal all at once. No way would I send my kid there.

Just a correction: The ED resigned over politics. And the Prinipal was his spouse and resigned as well. They were both wonderful people, FWIW.

SSMA has lots of admin headaches, but from what I hear they aren't alone.

- SSMA Parent

Anonymous wrote:^^ also interested in learning more about Stokes. Have read the website, but curious to hear from others who have researched the school already. thanks!

For some reason it seems like no one wants to share that info on here.

^^ also interested in learning more about Stokes. Have read the website, but curious to hear from others who have researched the school already. thanks!

Anonymous wrote:We matched at a school we like but would go to Stokes without hesitation if we got in. We were 300+ in the lottery.

Why?

We matched at a school we like but would go to Stokes without hesitation if we got in. We were 300+ in the lottery.

That's true! Very high achieving school.

The stats are available on the internet. I was impressed that the achievement level was relatively high across income levels. Not something that I see very often .

Bump

How diverse is stokes SES wise? Is it filling up with high SES families?