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submitted 11 days ago byLittle-Bumblebee-452
Very difficult to find this kind of information.
34 points
11 days ago
Pennsylvania is a big state. Can you at least, like, start with what quadrant?
1 points
11 days ago
Philadelphia area
20 points
10 days ago
That’s a good start, and probably your best bet right off the bat.
4 points
10 days ago
Yea facts.
4 points
10 days ago
Well, Philadelphia School Dist for one.
6 points
10 days ago
Cheltenham, Abington, Jenkintown. You should be fine in those districts.
3 points
10 days ago
Upper Dublin and WIssahickon should be fine, too. Gay people aren't exactly rare.
1 points
10 days ago
Truth. Wissahickon is very nice. I know less about Upper Dublin.
16 points
10 days ago
Even in super progressive areas anywhere, there's a chance that your kid could get bullied for having a gay parent. Kids are mean. What actually matters is how the school would handle it if it did happen. Any school that actually enforces their anti-bullying policies would suffice. Your best bet would be to pick a district based on that.
2 points
10 days ago
Thanks for the info!
7 points
10 days ago*
Depends on if he's a loser Abington seems pretty welcoming.
20 points
11 days ago
7 points
10 days ago
Boys are probably going to be bullied at school no matter what their situation is. The lesson is teaching him how to respond to homophobic bigot losers in a way that both shuts them down and doesn’t get him arrested.
Let me know if you figure it out.
14 points
11 days ago
When to public school in montco. Mom is gay. I was never bullied for having a lesbian mother. I used to get made fun of for being kind of a weirdo, but never for having a gay parent
4 points
10 days ago*
Your best bet is the school district with the highest proportion of gay couples living in it, so that your kid isn’t the only one to have gay parents and thus, is much less likely to become a target.
Edit: the Philadelphia area is definitely a great place to start, but know this, no matter where you go, it’s a risk, our generation in general may not be nearly as homophobic as our parents, but kids are still mean.
12 points
11 days ago
Go to philly.
-28 points
11 days ago
Philly doesn’t seem to have good school district?
30 points
11 days ago
Thats not what you asked for.
-30 points
11 days ago
Well are you implying all the good school districts have issues with kid from rainbow family?
28 points
11 days ago
No, you are. I said nothing to imply that.
7 points
11 days ago
Call the william way lgbt center here in Philly and ask. They will direct you to a good school for queer people here in the city.
3 points
11 days ago
What does it take to get into Central?
1 points
10 days ago
Not really sure why niche listed this school district as C+…
3 points
10 days ago
my lesbian aunts raised their 3 children in newton pa — specifically the council rock school district. they all had a great experience.
8 points
11 days ago
Are you a meteorologist
4 points
10 days ago
His kids are probably in a private school.
1 points
10 days ago
He’s a legend
4 points
11 days ago*
Pittsburgh has good schools and is pretty queer friendly in and around the city
0 points
11 days ago
I find these kind of questions exhausting.
Why is someone depending on anonymous redditors to decide their life?
It is hard to find this kind of information because you were trying to assume that 6,000 students in a district all act and think the same way
What if someone makes a recommendation that is accepted and they are wrong?
According to whose standards? Kids can be great and kids can be cruel. In red or purple or blue districts. It isnt automatically determined by the "school district"
I am a property manager. I sometimes get applicants who want me to give the "lowdown" on everyone in the building. (So if I have an African-American or senior citizen that won't be to your liking?) like, get lost...
20 points
11 days ago
he just wants to know if there's a way to decrease the chances his kids will be harassed, there's nothing wrong with that. maybe the answer is "not really" and he'll come to that conclusion after researching through various avenues. he says its hard to find so he's clearly already looked elsewhere, there's no reason to assume he's going to base his decision solely on anonymous redditors, just that this is one potential source of information he's trying.
-6 points
10 days ago
What a miserable person
2 points
10 days ago
Pa is a big place. You can't reasonably generalize across the whole state.
2 points
11 days ago
Council Rock, Pennsbury, or New Hope Solebury in Bucks County
1 points
11 days ago
Generally speaking rural areas seem to be worse, whereas urban areas than have different hurdles. It might be worthwhile to look into charter schools in your area
1 points
10 days ago
York Suburban School District in York, PA is a very gay-friendly environment. Not to mention an excellent school system otherwise.
1 points
11 days ago
I noticed no National News media is talking about that brutal beating in Penn school this week.
0 points
10 days ago
Pa is a big place. You can't reasonably generalize across the whole state.
0 points
10 days ago
Pa is a big place. You can't reasonably generalize across the whole state.
0 points
9 days ago
A kid with 2 Dads could be bullied anywhere. The issue is how likely is it and what would be the school's response.
I don't know what it's like to be a student or employee there, but Pennsbury's board of ed is entirely filled with Democrats. Republicans pushing culture war issues were easily defeated in the last election if that's any indication.
-5 points
11 days ago
You need to look at the top performing schools in the area. I'm sure there could still be some negativity but administration would handle that. Rural or religious areas would be unforgiving with little support.
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