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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or they could stop fearing brown children and send their kids to Leckie.[/quote]

This is really short sighted. We Have two children at Leckie and it isn’t the kids, it’s everything else that makes us want to move them next year. I won’t go into detail but it’s not good at all. And just like any other family, we have the right to try the lottery for an OOB spot. [/quote]

Without a little more detail, these is not a helpful critique..  Are the teachers bad, is the administration not responsive to your needs, are the academics not rigorous or varied enough, do you not like having middle schoolers around elementary students.  Or is the sense of being an other that doesn't feel good?

[b]You do have the right to lottery, to do what you feel is best for your children, my point is if enough people from JBAB used the school, it would be a good school[/b].[/quote]

But they aren't. And I don't feel it's my job, after a few years there, to keep trying when nothing has gotten better. It's not the kids and it's not the neighborhood. In fact, my kids have more neighborhood friends than friends on base. They go to their houses to play, we meet them at the Bellvue library, we go to the rec center up the street, fort Greble behind the school. My kids and I are not scared of brown kids.

Are there a lot of military families that are? Yes, for sure. But not all of us are. And when we try to be part of the school for over two years and there aren't many positives, I know it's time to leave. I have friends that have also tried the school in the older grades and have left after a year or two and it's not because of the brown children. I really don't want to go into detail because I am just trying to mind my business and then move on but the things you listed in your response are things I've experienced (minus teachers. The school has some great teachers)[/quote]

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