<p>I really hate to make a thread on this but I feel I have to. As I'm sure many of you know and those of you who don't know you can just google it, there has been some hate mail that has just hit sps. Students of color received letters classified as hate mail. I just want to say that this is in no way something that normally happends at sps, and should not be looked down upon in the admissions process. If you are deciding between sps and another school, do not let this effect your decision.</p>
<p>Also, I don't want any rumors going around, so if you guys have any questions feel free to ask, although I am not allowed to give specifics.</p>
<p>Whoahh.
I think something similar happened at Exeter a few years ago, where hate messages were written on the doors of some African American students.
Although it makes me question the type of students that these schools want, we should not judge a school because of one person or a group of some rascist students...
I still think both SPS and Exeter are great schools.</p>
<p>The incident with doors happened at Loomis this year and, as it turned out, it was perpetrated by one of the victims -- the girl who first reported a racial epithet was scrawled on her door confessed to writing it herself and then, later, on the door of another black student.</p>
<p>I said it before in the Loomis thread and I'll point it out again: it's not whether these events occur, but how the entire school community responds, that should be the true measure of the school:</p>
<p>There's little one can do to rein in expressions of hate by individuals. There's much one can do to stand up against it...or, for that matter, shrink back and pretend there's no elephant in the room. Let's see what happens at SPS in reaction. I was totally impressed with the response by Loomis -- from the administration to the student body, up and down the line.</p>
<p>this type of thing happens rarely so it is surprising. yet it still happens enough as examples are there from loomis and exeter as well. my dad was at a college where there was a cross burning in front of a dorm with lots of black students. he did not let it change his view of the college. no reason to run from cowards.</p>
<p>thanks, catg. the article on this was on the front page of my local paper and read it over waffles. my dad told me the cross burning story which happened his first semester. he stayed and finished at this school. some did leave but then have to go thru life feeling like a quitter or coward. if you run, these losers win.</p>
<p>That's absolutely terrible. racism makes me sick, it makes absolutely no sense and is evil. i hope they find out who is responsible for sending those letters. did they ever find out who the jerk who carved on the walls at exeter was?</p>
<p>I go to Groton and our school has been praying for them in chapel and it was mentioned over our school wide e-mail...I have been told (not by anyone official) that they think it is from someone outside the school...am I correct hockeykid?</p>
<p>The door carvers were students, who were expelled. I believe that this happened this year. I heard about the SPS thing on our local news last night; I imagine it will turn out to be a student.</p>
<p>I write to inform you of a very unfortunate event at the School. Yesterday afternoon, several students came forward to their advisers after receiving threatening hate mail delivered through the U.S. Postal Service to their SPS post office boxes. </p>
<p>We immediately informed the Concord Police, who began an investigation that included the discovery of many more of these letters. It appears, at this time, that students of color were the target of these threatening communications. We are actively contacting the parents of the students known to have received letters. </p>
<p>I called an all-School meeting last evening, during which I explained the incident, the ongoing investigation, the increase in campus security, and the faculty's readiness to support anyone in the community affected by this terrible event. I also informed the students that we will postpone tomorrow's assessments so we can continue to discuss this attack on our community. </p>
<p>If you have any questions regarding your child's safety, I encourage you to contact your son or daughter's adviser directly.</p>
<p>The faculty, staff, and I are deeply saddened by this affront to our community. It is an outrage, and while only some were threatened directly, we all have been wounded by this. I shared with your children this evening that, unfortunately, there is hatred in our world. Some of that hatred arrived on our doorstep today. I am confident, however, that the loving and supportive qualities of this community are stronger than that hatred, and will prevail.</p>
<p>This whole ordeal is disgusting but unavoidable. When you group a load of wealthy, caucasian, east coast, diversity-deprived, immature teenagers with 40-45 african americans then this is bound to happen once in a while.
I live in Fairfield County, CT and in my uber wealthy community the population reports 99.22% white and .78% other. Ponder that for a second or two. Imagine the backgrounds that these children must have come from and the thoughts drilled into them by parents that would cause this to happen.
Its not surprising.</p>
<p>I think that is one of the cruelest things to do to a person. It is not thier fault they are thier color and should not be judged upon it. I am half african american and half caucasian and I take it personally when people are racist towards people. I can't belive people would let their kids think like that.</p>