Talk:Flint Hill School

Neutrality disputed

The comments about Brown v. Board of Education and forced bussing needs a non-POV rewrite. --KJRehberg (talk) 19:28, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I've removed the passage altogether, as unnecessarily controversial. If a contributor can furnish a source for the reference to busing, please restore with cite. JNW (talk) 04:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

/* Notable alumni */

I have removed those alumni without citation who are not already in wikipedia.

Jared Leto has never gone to this school. The source that was cited was an article about Leto winning an award, nowhere in the article does he mention Flint Hill School. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.21.252.232 (talk) 19:24, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

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White parents

Apart from inaccesible sources, the sources I could check did not mention the claims made by @Digagecivrights:, which makes it a clear case of synthesis of sources. Also the non-neutral tone of the edits and the persistance of the editor causes me to think this article is being used as a WP:SOAPBOX. I invite Digagecivrights to

• name the sources used
• discuss the neutrality of his edits
• consider that Wikipedia is a world-wide effort and other users may not have access to local library cards. Kleuske (talk) 02:31, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

The sources are valid sources. The only non-neutral tone is yours. All of the citations are verifiable. The article is a Washington Post article. If readers would like to read the article, they may contact the Washington Post to obtain it. I do not control what the Washington Post chooses to keep protected by copyright. The citation is what is relevant here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digagecivrights (talk • contribs) 02:53, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

• Kleuske, please be more specific. If you are correct, that's a very serious matter. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 02:59, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Tomorrow. It's 4AM over here. Kleuske (talk) 03:01, 13 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Given the fact that the offending content has already been removed (e.g. the lede), I think it's a bit superfluous to spell out the shortcomings of an older version. Kleuske (talk) 12:05, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

(Poking my head in after giving the article some hefty editing.) It seems unfair to single out this one school for something that was apparently a well organized state-level initiative. There's a redlink on Stanley Plan, although we may have it covered under Massive resistance. Does anyone have access to a good overview, maybe a book, that would supply a list of schools that were founded and/or supported with scholarships at this time under this plan as implemented by the state? It would also be more encyclopedic simply to link to coverage in an article laying it out from a statewide perspective, but a good footnote would also help make this seem less like an attack on this one school. Yngvadottir (talk) 16:39, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

@Yngvadottir: yep, I can do that. I have immediate access to books titled "See government grow : education politics from Johnson to Reagan" and "The race beat : the press, the civil rights struggle, and the awakening of a nation" which mention massive resistance in their summary, probably worth a look. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 18:07, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Someone has fixed the redlink - we turn out to have an article at Stanley plan. It includes the provision of scholarships for segregated private schools. That article might be the best place to insert a list of such schools if sources list examples. Yngvadottir (talk) 21:46, 13 February 2018 (UTC)

There were a number of segregation academies that were set up back in the late 50s, however to the best of my knowledge Flint Hill was the only one to evolve beyond it's birth conditions to become a first rate school. One of the interesting things I would like to note is that before the Til Hazel/St Stephens group took it over, Flint Hill was known for being a jock academy specializing in training high school basketball players, a significant number of which were black. Ecragg (talk) 00:08, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

That sounds interesting! Can you reference it? Yngvadottir (talk) 05:45, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

That was my personal experience / observation as a 3rd grader parent in the St Stephen's group - nothing citeable Ecragg (talk) 12:00, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

As a followup, John Thompson, the legendary Georgetown University coach chose to send his son to Flint Hill (then Academy) to learn the game