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Originally Posted by CubanaYogini
Quesita, do you have a homeschooling or unschooling community in your area? Not sure if you are a working mom or not, but I know several working moms who are unschooling their kids.
I have a problem with the local schools, but not for the same reason as you. I am someone who was horribly failed by traditional schooling and refuse to let the same thing happen to my kids. I am sending my kids to an alternative private school. This school maintains racial diversity by keeping the tuition low and also providing scholarships to needy families. They are quite good at attracting minority students. They also have a lot of diversity in the teachers.
One of these days, I will start a thread about schooling. I think that TR families have unique considerations when it comes to schooling.
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I'm a single mom who works. Homeschooling is not an option. Private schools are an option, but the one that I like best has very few latinos. But she would learn Mandarin from first grade on, and being trilingual English/Spanish/Chinese would give her an enormous advantage in life. There is a fabulous charter school in the neighborhood that is very diverse, with a great emphasis on the arts and sciences and very project based. But you have to win a lottery to get into it. I will apply, of course, and in my fantasies she will be a student there. There is another neighborhood that I like, not as diverse as where I live now, but still a nice place, that would be both an easy commute to work for me (less than 15 minutes on the subway, as opposed to my current 15 minute walk) and also an easy commute to the UN school. Obviously lots of diversity there.
She is 2 1/2, and starting a pre-school I like in Sept. I have time to think about my options.