Principal hates the involved parents

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What to do about an elementary school principal who openly detests the PTA and involved parents. Won't let parents into the school to volunteer. Won't engage respond to emails and could care less about having involved families who want to help make the school a welcoming place. Won't allow the PTA to use the school for any clubs or family events even when school isn't in session. It's really awful for the students because they could have so much more.

The only PTAs that we've seen have been a bunch of white moms who think they know how to help the POC, when actually they seem to be trying to give their own kids some type of advantage. Even if it's something less tactile such as "my kid has POC friends" or "look, we're helping the poors". Meanwhile, the schools themselves become dumpster fires because I don't think these parents were very good students, themselves, and they don't know how to properly use PTA funds for educating kids.

Perhaps at all white schools it's different.

We are at a diverse but wealthy school and it's the opposite - they are all white moms who actively work to exclude the Indian and Asian families. Like they won't allow after school clubs run by parents because they think their white kids won't get into the robotics/other STEM clubs that Asian parents start. It's crazy!

That said, our ES principal sounds a lot like OP's - the principal doesn't want to do anything extra.

I have seen very racist STEM clubs that only put the asian kids at the top even if they don't measure up academically compared to other kids. There is definitely racism against whites and blacks in some schools especially in STEM. Maybe the PTA could start with a no cut STEM program and see how that goes.