mv_princess said:
You make it sound like, moving to Calvert will solve every problem. How about instead of trying to hide your 5yr old. You show them what's right and whats wrong. And show them how to deal with it.
Because the kid spends more time awake in the presence of the bad influence than he does at home and the chances are much greater of him falling into the bad patterns as he gets older. It's called peer pressure. Kids this age don't understand it, but it's there.
The kids chances are MUCH better elsewhere. And a parent has the power to give his child the best chance he can. It's called doing the best you can with what you've got. In this case, said parent has a choice...stay or go. Anybody else in this situation with the same available choice would make the same decision.
I know a few in Waldorf that are also looking to get out, and even more that have already done so. It's not pretty, you may not think it's right, but that's the way it is. Minimize exposure to bad stuff, and give your kid the best chance possible for success.
if every parent was as responsible for their kids as you all say that they need to be, EVERY school would be a safe, ideal eduational institution. Welcome to reality.
you're forgetting how some of them got here.
were the ones who couldn't swim? 
after swimming here and being lucky to make it, you would think they wouldnt wanna get back in the water
The 2007 edition is da bomb.