http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/456674/DO-YOU-THINK-DISCRIMINATION-STILL-LIES-WITHIN-SMALL-COMMUNITIES I HAD TO RELOCATE BACK TO MY HOME TOWN IN IOWA THAT CONSISTS OF 400 PEOPLE AND AT THE TIME LAST YEAR I WENT HERE ON GREAT SCHOOLS TO COMPARE SCHOOLS, OVERALL THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL THAT IS IN THIS TOWN SCORED A 4 OUT OF 10 AND THE ETHENCITY WAS 100 WHITE.. MY CHILDREN ARE MIXED HALF BLACK AND WHITE AND I AM AFRAID OF ENROLLING THEM IN THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE OF DISCRIMINATION AND ALSO THE LOW SCORE RATING OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ITSELF.. AM I BEING TOO CAUTIOUS? THE SCHOOL THAT I OPEN ENROLLED THEM LAST YR IS 11 MILES AWAY AND THEY THRIVED THERE, AND I SAW NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS... BUT IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT FOR ME IF I ENROLLED THEM HERE IN THE TOWN WE LIVE, BUT IM JUST SCARED THAT PEOPLES STUPIDITY IN SMALL COMMUNITIES WOULD RUIN THEIR SELF ESTEEM AND CHANCES TO GET A GOOD EDUCATION AND THRIVE IN ALL EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR OPINION ON THIS MATTER.... THANKS GreatSchools en-us MsBear There are two different issues. You concerns low school score AND no minority population. As minority myself (Asian), lack of diversity is conern but it is only secondary. If everything ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/456674/DO-YOU-THINK-DISCRIMINATION-STILL-LIES-WITHIN-SMALL-COMMUNITIES?cpage=1#comment_520806 5100.520806 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:14:14 -0700 1seremen You concern is right! I think discrimination exists everywhere even in the individual household. With my experience, small communities are more open when they have a few African Americans or ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/456674/DO-YOU-THINK-DISCRIMINATION-STILL-LIES-WITHIN-SMALL-COMMUNITIES?cpage=1#comment_457064 5100.457064 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:38:06 -0700 maggie93215 To be honest with you I think kids could careless about what a person looks like or what ethnicity he/she is. It 's the parents that you have to think ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/456674/DO-YOU-THINK-DISCRIMINATION-STILL-LIES-WITHIN-SMALL-COMMUNITIES?cpage=1#comment_457027 5100.457027 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:19:08 -0700 lockmama Have you experienced a lot of racism in your home town? I don't think young children recognize that there are different colors of skin, so depending on your childrens' ages, ... http://community.greatschools.net/q-and-a/456674/DO-YOU-THINK-DISCRIMINATION-STILL-LIES-WITHIN-SMALL-COMMUNITIES?cpage=1#comment_457019 5100.457019 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:09:11 -0700