“We need to preserve diversity and mitigate the projected whitening of the feeder pattern”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The super weird thing about the idea of 'mitigating whitening' is that what is causing the whitening is more and more WOTP families are choosing public schools. That should be celebrated, and adapted to, with strategies to preserve and promote socioeconomic and ethnic diversity (I'm the PP who wrote that earlier), while welcoming back into the public school system the families that had historically eschewed public schools for privates or moved.

From a social progress perspective, have more WOTP families chose public is not a problem to mitigate, it is a fantastic development to take into account as we work toward integration.

You are very right. BUT, no one since Williams and Fenty has seen it that way. The DC government has been pretty clear that they don't actually want students with educated parents in the schools, since we bring expectations for developing our high-achieving students that they would rather not deal with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the DC government should stop perpetuating systemic racism by handing favorable zoning to private schools and catering to them. Then, DCPS students get the scraps of the private's properties that are too inconvenient for the wealthy. This is not DCPS pushing to alleviate systemic racism; it's the opposite.

So River and GDS move to the convenience of Tenleytown and DCPS students are pushed out to the Palisades where GDS and River didn't want to be. Seems rather messed up to me.

Did you bet someone you could make every thread in the public schools forum about River?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The super weird thing about the idea of 'mitigating whitening' is that what is causing the whitening is more and more WOTP families are choosing public schools. That should be celebrated, and adapted to, with strategies to preserve and promote socioeconomic and ethnic diversity (I'm the PP who wrote that earlier), while welcoming back into the public school system the families that had historically eschewed public schools for privates or moved.

From a social progress perspective, have more WOTP families chose public is not a problem to mitigate, it is a fantastic development to take into account as we work toward integration.

You are very right. BUT, no one since Williams and Fenty has seen it that way. The DC government has been pretty clear that they don't actually want students with educated parents in the schools, since we bring expectations for developing our high-achieving students that they would rather not deal with.

This. They abhor parents who will not accept incompetence and mediocrity

[Anonymous]

Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

Hahahhaha. Please. Of course not. In any event, I don’t care about the language but I do care about the chaotic lack of forward thinking that characterizes the DCPS approach to these new schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The super weird thing about the idea of 'mitigating whitening' is that what is causing the whitening is more and more WOTP families are choosing public schools. That should be celebrated, and adapted to, with strategies to preserve and promote socioeconomic and ethnic diversity (I'm the PP who wrote that earlier), while welcoming back into the public school system the families that had historically eschewed public schools for privates or moved.

From a social progress perspective, have more WOTP families chose public is not a problem to mitigate, it is a fantastic development to take into account as we work toward integration.

You are very right. BUT, no one since Williams and Fenty has seen it that way. The DC government has been pretty clear that they don't actually want students with educated parents in the schools, since we bring expectations for developing our high-achieving students that they would rather not deal with.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

Not sure why some white people want so badly to play the victim, you're not. DCPS owes you nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

Not sure why some white people want so badly to play the victim, you're not. DCPS owes you nothing.

^^super productive attitude towards managing a diverse urban school district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The super weird thing about the idea of 'mitigating whitening' is that what is causing the whitening is more and more WOTP families are choosing public schools. That should be celebrated, and adapted to, with strategies to preserve and promote socioeconomic and ethnic diversity (I'm the PP who wrote that earlier), while welcoming back into the public school system the families that had historically eschewed public schools for privates or moved.

From a social progress perspective, have more WOTP families chose public is not a problem to mitigate, it is a fantastic development to take into account as we work toward integration.

You are very right. BUT, no one since Williams and Fenty has seen it that way. The DC government has been pretty clear that they don't actually want students with educated parents in the schools, since we bring expectations for developing our high-achieving students that they would rather not deal with.

Ah yes, only whites are educated. No, they would rather not deal with the fake 'woke' whites who flock to DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

Not sure why some white people want so badly to play the victim, you're not. DCPS owes you nothing.

^^super productive attitude towards managing a diverse urban school district.

Yes, and whining about a school district acknowledging and issue because your little feelings are hurt is also productive. I mean if you feel so unwanted you can go to some VA school and have your kid participate in slavery reenactments being a 'slave master.'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

Not sure why some white people want so badly to play the victim, you're not. DCPS owes you nothing.

^^super productive attitude towards managing a diverse urban school district.

Yes, and whining about a school district acknowledging and issue because your little feelings are hurt is also productive. I mean if you feel so unwanted you can go to some VA school and have your kid participate in slavery reenactments being a 'slave master.'

Please, keep on making it crystal clear you have no interest or understanding about how to move forward in DC. We see you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

Not sure why some white people want so badly to play the victim, you're not. DCPS owes you nothing.

^^super productive attitude towards managing a diverse urban school district.

Yes, and whining about a school district acknowledging and issue because your little feelings are hurt is also productive. I mean if you feel so unwanted you can go to some VA school and have your kid participate in slavery reenactments being a 'slave master.'

Please, keep on making it crystal clear you have no interest or understanding about how to move forward in DC. We see you.

+1

[Anonymous]

It is not okay for a government agency to make disparaging remarks about any race, full stop. At best the wording was clumsy. An apology or at least clarification is in order

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did DCPS apologize for the phrasing or at least edit the wording?

The language was very intentional. This is how they talk now. Please don't let them continue to do this. Parents need to speak up.

Not sure why some white people want so badly to play the victim, you're not. DCPS owes you nothing.

^^super productive attitude towards managing a diverse urban school district.

Yes, and whining about a school district acknowledging and issue because your little feelings are hurt is also productive. I mean if you feel so unwanted you can go to some VA school and have your kid participate in slavery reenactments being a 'slave master.'

You are doing some 'reenactment' yourself, when you support unambiguous racially violent statements by public institutions, because you believe in some historical eye for an eye?