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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found this story pretty interesting. It talks about some of the cultural clashes and pitfalls when a school begins to gentrify in DC or there is a wide disparity in experiences and expectations about school. It describes what happens when new to DC (usually white families) clash with native Washingtonians. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/as-cities-gentrify-and-schools-diversify-ptos-grapple-to-ensure-all-parent-voices-are-heard/2019/09/20/50314488-7277-11e9-8be0-ca575670e91c_story.html

It features Kindred, a nonprofit founded by Laura Phelan, that is going into PTA/PTOs to get parents within a school community to talk, share and hopefully find ways to collaborate. It says that they are in 12 schools, including YY, Bancroft.

One anecdote stood out to me -- [b]that many black parents see school leadership as authority figures and they perceive white parents as coming in and making demands and not respecting the administrators. [/b]

Did anyone else read this? Is your school working with Kindred? Do you see this dynamic at your children's schools?[/quote]

As a white parent, I quickly learned that I needed to respect my kid's highly experience (black) teachers!  So I think this is a healthy attitude to have, within reason.  [/quote]

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