Anonymous wrote:Unlike at a private school where kids are far flung, your kid not only knows the kids in her/his class/grade but knows their families. You know their families. Many kids participate in sports together so you meet families on the weekends. Many go to the same pool so you hang out with them in the summer. Kids know each other from the bus stop, from playing with their classmate who lives around the corner afterschool.

This is a benefit to your child. They see families socializing together. They gain familiarity with other adults. Other adults know and care about your child. Many families choose Jamestown for this very reason and have made family friends for life. People will throw aspersions here because most people want this general situation of an excellent school/great community.

This could describe any neighborhood school in Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

No, those schools tend to be described as "diverse."

The irony is Yorktown, which is the pyramid into which Jamestown feeds, most closely matches the demographics of Arlington County as a whole.

Jamestown is a fantastic school. It's one thing to say if you are a person of color you might not find people who look like you -- that's fair. But outright disparaging it because of its demographics is pretty disgusting. PP did the latter.

Sorry I forgot to quote you. Are we reading the same post? It looks like the post you’re referring to said that children of color might not meet classmates who look like them. The reason is that the school is overwhelmingly white. What are you objecting to?

05/24/2023 15:23

"They are negatives."

Eh, I didn’t read it that way.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

No, those schools tend to be described as "diverse."

The irony is Yorktown, which is the pyramid into which Jamestown feeds, most closely matches the demographics of Arlington County as a whole.

Jamestown is a fantastic school. It's one thing to say if you are a person of color you might not find people who look like you -- that's fair. But outright disparaging it because of its demographics is pretty disgusting. PP did the latter.

Um. No. WL's demographics most closely match the demographics of APS students as a whole.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

+100

Funny how some things never change. Jamestown has always had a reputation for being full of rich white kids.

Jamestown has a FARMS rate of 4.57% (county average 30.13%) and is 79% white (county average 44.1%). So yeah, those are the stats. Do what you want with them.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

No, those schools tend to be described as "diverse."

The irony is Yorktown, which is the pyramid into which Jamestown feeds, most closely matches the demographics of Arlington County as a whole.

Jamestown is a fantastic school. It's one thing to say if you are a person of color you might not find people who look like you -- that's fair. But outright disparaging it because of its demographics is pretty disgusting. PP did the latter.

Sorry I forgot to quote you. Are we reading the same post? It looks like the post you’re referring to said that children of color might not meet classmates who look like them. The reason is that the school is overwhelmingly white. What are you objecting to?

05/24/2023 15:23

"They are negatives."

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

No, those schools tend to be described as "diverse."

The irony is Yorktown, which is the pyramid into which Jamestown feeds, most closely matches the demographics of Arlington County as a whole.

Jamestown is a fantastic school. It's one thing to say if you are a person of color you might not find people who look like you -- that's fair. But outright disparaging it because of its demographics is pretty disgusting. PP did the latter.

Sorry I forgot to quote you. Are we reading the same post? It looks like the post you’re referring to said that children of color might not meet classmates who look like them. The reason is that the school is overwhelmingly white. What are you objecting to?

The post literally said that children of color may not meet classmates who looked like them. What am I missing?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

No, those schools tend to be described as "diverse."

The irony is Yorktown, which is the pyramid into which Jamestown feeds, most closely matches the demographics of Arlington County as a whole.

Jamestown is a fantastic school. It's one thing to say if you are a person of color you might not find people who look like you -- that's fair. But outright disparaging it because of its demographics is pretty disgusting. PP did the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

This is pretty much the most common complaint about some of the South Arlington schools: That they are segregated (not majority white). You are wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

Nobody disparaged you. Not everyone will find their people there because it’s highly segregated. It can have many good qualities but that’s a big issue for a lot of people. Adults can have these kinds of conversations without everyone taking offense. The people leaving for private school are even going to more diverse schools than Jamestown. That’s pretty exceptional.

I find it curious that people only complain about segregation when a school is majority white.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the whitest, wealthiest ES in Arlington. There are PTA events at the country club. If you are a family of color, your kids may not meet any classmates who look like them.

Your tone suggests that these are negatives.

They are negatives.

Maybe to you. Most reasonable people would consider those features, not a bug. It is a very good school, in part because of those reasons.

This poster has to be a troll.

Why would I be a troll? My children went through Jamestown. I am genuinely offended at your disparagement of it for such trivial reasons. You truly should be ashamed of yourself.

NP...if the previous statement actually offended you, then you have no grip on reality.

I agree that people might choose a different school zone due to Jamestown’s lack of diversity (but, yeah, all of north north Arlington is not that dissimilar). I don’t know how it compares to the inner MCPS, but I suspect same. Please let me know if Im missing some missing a zip code with pretty Uber wealth (for DC) + great neighborhood schools? Seriously. Unfortunately, my belief—hopefully mistaken—is that neighborhoods generally trail in diversity.

The originally poster was asking about Jamestown and so I assumed PS was on the table. If, for that original poster, like for me, diversity is important but not the single most important factor, then I would choose the neighborhood school for the community. I am not a URM; I completely understand that that factors into my worldview. For my child, the community is truly amazing and something that cannot be replaced in a private setting.

My two cents is that the kids who leave in elementary are kids who aren’t doing as well as their parents hoped and they “need” some extra attention. That is fine, but my child doesn’t have any special needs and is excelling. I don’t need to send her/him to some different neighborhood with a bunch of random kids from all over the DC region when I what I have in my neighborhood school is a remarkable situation for my family.

Also I’m sorry for the record, I just have to add that I’m not ok with your statement that “whitest” is a feature. I cannot believe you would imply that and then tell me I should be ashamed. That’s wild.