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Anonymous wrote:I don't live in the Whitman zone, but I did consider moving to the Whitman zone for the schools when I moved back to the DMV a few years ago. For me, the reason I chose not to move in that zone is largely similar to why I would opt for private school over Whitman. The student population at Whitman is only 4% Black and in the DMV the local Black population is significantly higher than that as is the national average). Even isolating on Montgomery County, MD...almost 21 percent of the county population is Black but Whitman only has 4 percent. I wanted my children to go to a more diverse school but also still cared about the academic performance of the school. The school we chose is about 15% Black and another 15% multiracial, and this was important for our family. If diversity doesn't matter, I think your child would probably get a better education than many of the local schools. And if you paid the top dollar to live in that neighborhood, maybe its worth going to the school that likely caused the price of the house to be much higher.

Whitman is 39.6% non-white. Yes, there's a higher % of POC county-wide, but 39.6% POC isn't a tiny number.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

The poster SPECIFICALLY mentioned the Black population. Maybe that poster is also Black and having other Black students at Whitman is important to her/him. No one cares that it is 15% Asian - completely irrelevant.

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Anonymous wrote: We did not choose Whitman for the following reasons:
--Classes are too large.
--Poor coaching and resources for sports.
--The school was too big in general.
--The student population and MCPS leans farther to the left politically than we are comfortable with.
--The school lunch quality is poor.
--The network and bonding does not compare to the private school he currently attends.
--The bureaucracy in MCPS is not what we wanted.
--The facilities are lousy. Whitman has weeds and trash all over their tennis courts. Nobody seems to care.

Get your dog whistles out for the student population at MCPS comment haha wow

Aren't you happy the right-wingers are going elsewhere?

Whitman is full of kids who wear pajamas to school and have blue hair--no thanks

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Anonymous wrote:Really? You would pay $40K a year b/c you don't like the sports program at Whitman? That is funny to me! I think the education is far better at Whitman that at most privates. There are so many clubs, drama, music, internship programs that kids can get involved with. I will agree that not all teachers are great (I find it hard to believe that every teacher at a private is good), but the ones that are good, are amazing!

It you and your kids are happy at Whitman, that’s fine. Nobody cares, especially the parents that chose a private school alternative.

That you can’t understand the difference between the two experiences is also fine. Lots cannot.

But there are those who do see differences. And it’s doubtful they are going to be able to explain them to you. If you don’t “get it”, you don’t “get it”.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if you are making 400K a year, it's not easy to come up with 110K to send two girls to Holton or another private school. From what I see many of the private school parents have household incomes between 1 and 3 million a year. Those numbers ar very rare among Whitman parents.

21% of Sidwell receives average FA of around $34k. They’re probably another 25% that have HHI of maybe $200-$400k.

I actually think the median income of Whitman may be higher though Sidwell will crush on the average.

Anonymous wrote:What percentage of parents at Whitman are high net worth( top 1%). Compare that with the privates, no comparison. Rich people aren't dummies. Obviously, that's why they're rich and not Feds.

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Anonymous wrote:Really? You would pay $40K a year b/c you don't like the sports program at Whitman? That is funny to me! I think the education is far better at Whitman that at most privates. There are so many clubs, drama, music, internship programs that kids can get involved with. I will agree that not all teachers are great (I find it hard to believe that every teacher at a private is good), but the ones that are good, are amazing!

I can think of a few reasons to not go to Whitman. Special Needs being the big one. It's a big school. It's definitely a place for confident kids who can self-advocate.

But sports?

I get that recruited athletes are operating at a different level, but dropping $160,000+ for a a participation trophy?

Lame. Maybe Whitman soccer is recruitable, but everything else is just students doing their thing. It's not a particularly stressful world. Time consuming, yes. But anyone doing sports at Whitman is not getting a D1 scholarship with the possible exception of the occasional soccer player.

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Anonymous wrote:Get with it, people. Diversity in the US only ever means one thing: enough black people or not. No other race need apply. Why are you pretending otherwise?

Well, we built this country for free for 400 years. It's the least they could do.

Anonymous wrote:Get with it, people. Diversity in the US only ever means one thing: enough black people or not. No other race need apply. Why are you pretending otherwise?

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Anonymous wrote:I don't live in the Whitman zone, but I did consider moving to the Whitman zone for the schools when I moved back to the DMV a few years ago. For me, the reason I chose not to move in that zone is largely similar to why I would opt for private school over Whitman. The student population at Whitman is only 4% Black and in the DMV the local Black population is significantly higher than that as is the national average). Even isolating on Montgomery County, MD...almost 21 percent of the county population is Black but Whitman only has 4 percent. I wanted my children to go to a more diverse school but also still cared about the academic performance of the school. The school we chose is about 15% Black and another 15% multiracial, and this was important for our family. If diversity doesn't matter, I think your child would probably get a better education than many of the local schools. And if you paid the top dollar to live in that neighborhood, maybe its worth going to the school that likely caused the price of the house to be much higher.

Whitman is 39.6% non-white. Yes, there's a higher % of POC county-wide, but 39.6% POC isn't a tiny number.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

The data you provide shows that Whitman is less than 5% black and over 15% Asian. While the 39.6% POC sounds ok it is highly skewed toward Asian students, my nearby private school is much more racially diverse.

Same. Our kids attended a highly rated public that was mostly white and Asian. They now attend a very well regarded private school that is far more diverse!

Folks…let’s cut the s**t that anyone is selecting a private over Whitman because of Whitman’s lack of diversity.

I send my kids to private and nobody from the Whitman boundary has ever indicated this as a reason.

Can I offer this as an example? We are zoned for a 'W' school. In elementary school, my DC was the only African American child. DC had lots of friends but did ask periodically how come they were the only one in their grade and/or where were the other African American children. We decided to pursue private school for other reasons but at the current private school, DC is one of 5 in the class and one of 9 in a grade of 50. And across all grades, the enrolled AA student population is notably higher than at the public we were zoned to attend. So telling someone like me, hey your school is 40% Asian - see it's diverse! Diverse to who? Not to me and telling me that a school is 40% Asian provides my Black child no comfort, especially when racial issues arise and my child has no one who really understands what it feels like to be Black. I can't really explain this anymore than I have and you don't actually have to understand it either. It just is.

I grew up as the only Asian in my schools in rural areas of New York. It was never an issue. Yes, kids make stupid comments, and you learn to toughen up...big deal. It will make your child stronger and less sensitive and weak.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't live in the Whitman zone, but I did consider moving to the Whitman zone for the schools when I moved back to the DMV a few years ago. For me, the reason I chose not to move in that zone is largely similar to why I would opt for private school over Whitman. The student population at Whitman is only 4% Black and in the DMV the local Black population is significantly higher than that as is the national average). Even isolating on Montgomery County, MD...almost 21 percent of the county population is Black but Whitman only has 4 percent. I wanted my children to go to a more diverse school but also still cared about the academic performance of the school. The school we chose is about 15% Black and another 15% multiracial, and this was important for our family. If diversity doesn't matter, I think your child would probably get a better education than many of the local schools. And if you paid the top dollar to live in that neighborhood, maybe its worth going to the school that likely caused the price of the house to be much higher.

Whitman is 39.6% non-white. Yes, there's a higher % of POC county-wide, but 39.6% POC isn't a tiny number.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

The data you provide shows that Whitman is less than 5% black and over 15% Asian. While the 39.6% POC sounds ok it is highly skewed toward Asian students, my nearby private school is much more racially diverse.

Same. Our kids attended a highly rated public that was mostly white and Asian. They now attend a very well regarded private school that is far more diverse!

Folks…let’s cut the s**t that anyone is selecting a private over Whitman because of Whitman’s lack of diversity.

I send my kids to private and nobody from the Whitman boundary has ever indicated this as a reason.

Can I offer this as an example? We are zoned for a 'W' school. In elementary school, my DC was the only African American child. DC had lots of friends but did ask periodically how come they were the only one in their grade and/or where were the other African American children. We decided to pursue private school for other reasons but at the current private school, DC is one of 5 in the class and one of 9 in a grade of 50. And across all grades, the enrolled AA student population is notably higher than at the public we were zoned to attend. So telling someone like me, hey your school is 40% Asian - see it's diverse! Diverse to who? Not to me and telling me that a school is 40% Asian provides my Black child no comfort, especially when racial issues arise and my child has no one who really understands what it feels like to be Black. I can't really explain this anymore than I have and you don't actually have to understand it either. It just is.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't live in the Whitman zone, but I did consider moving to the Whitman zone for the schools when I moved back to the DMV a few years ago. For me, the reason I chose not to move in that zone is largely similar to why I would opt for private school over Whitman. The student population at Whitman is only 4% Black and in the DMV the local Black population is significantly higher than that as is the national average). Even isolating on Montgomery County, MD...almost 21 percent of the county population is Black but Whitman only has 4 percent. I wanted my children to go to a more diverse school but also still cared about the academic performance of the school. The school we chose is about 15% Black and another 15% multiracial, and this was important for our family. If diversity doesn't matter, I think your child would probably get a better education than many of the local schools. And if you paid the top dollar to live in that neighborhood, maybe its worth going to the school that likely caused the price of the house to be much higher.

Whitman is 39.6% non-white. Yes, there's a higher % of POC county-wide, but 39.6% POC isn't a tiny number.

https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/regulatoryaccountability/glance/currentyear/schools/04427.pdf

The data you provide shows that Whitman is less than 5% black and over 15% Asian. While the 39.6% POC sounds ok it is highly skewed toward Asian students, my nearby private school is much more racially diverse.

I grew up as the only Asian in my schools in rural areas of New York. It was never an issue. Yes, kids make stupid comments, and you learn to toughen up...big deal. It will make your child stronger and less sensitive and weak.

Same. Our kids attended a highly rated public that was mostly white and Asian. They now attend a very well regarded private school that is far more diverse!

Folks…let’s cut the s**t that anyone is selecting a private over Whitman because of Whitman’s lack of diversity.

I send my kids to private and nobody from the Whitman boundary has ever indicated this as a reason.

Can I offer this as an example? We are zoned for a 'W' school. In elementary school, my DC was the only African American child. DC had lots of friends but did ask periodically how come they were the only one in their grade and/or where were the other African American children. We decided to pursue private school for other reasons but at the current private school, DC is one of 5 in the class and one of 9 in a grade of 50. And across all grades, the enrolled AA student population is notably higher than at the public we were zoned to attend. So telling someone like me, hey your school is 40% Asian - see it's diverse! Diverse to who? Not to me and telling me that a school is 40% Asian provides my Black child no comfort, especially when racial issues arise and my child has no one who really understands what it feels like to be Black. I can't really explain this anymore than I have and you don't actually have to understand it either. It just is.