After reading the "Black Hole/White Hole" scenerio, and being an employee of Charleston County School District, I wanted to point out a few things about Wando.
First, the girls program that feeds Wando is primarily Mt. Pleasant Soccer Club. This club focuses on skills and girls, and if you can afford the fees your children will play there. I guess that goes for any club player, it all comes down to $$$. Furthermore, after recently reviewing statistics on minorities in the Chas district there is a huge disparity between earning potential of whites vs. African Americans thus impacting the amount of cash people have to use on sports/training for their kids. That said, kids that have had the training prior to High School are going to fare better at tryouts. Is it different in any other part of the state? Is it therefore Wando High School's fault that they have an all white team??? What about Summerville, Stratford or any other school? I think bringing the whole race card up was in poor taste.
However, in fairness to your points I do believe Wando does get preferential treatment in many things. They are treated different in the Chas district. Noone Messes With Their Principal. You just don't want to fight that battle. She is empowered, and passionate about her school academics, athetics and her "queendom". So if they have an advantage it is her and her vision for the future. Everything just falls in afterwards. They are one of the lucky schools in SC.
