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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting because the PK team (under Ms. Johnson's leadership) has been quite consistent for many years and the only teacher I know who left that team in recent years moved up to another grade.  :arrow:  :arrow:  :arrow:  :? [quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you ever deal with Cobbs?  We did and left Ludlow after a year during her tenure.  She was there to serve what she liked to refer to as "her kind."  Translation low SES AA students and their families.  She was also rude, a reverse race baiter and dismissive of UMC in-boundary parents as a general rule.  My spouse and I are not white, but we found her offensive.  Yes, I know she did some good things management-wise, which paved the way for Ludlow to emerge as a primarily in-boundary school in the near future, from here in 2020.  We were thrilled when she retired to Colorado.

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I heard this secondhand when we also did our one year at the school, in 2011. Cobbs was leading a meeting to educate current PK parents about K and beyond. During the event a UMC white parent asked a question and referred to the possibility of not continuing to K. Her response: "Well, we really don't care if you stay or leave." At that point I believe total enrollment for K and above was something like 90 students.

It's a totally different school now, not just in terms of the demographics but also the quality of the leadership.[/quote]

sounds like a clueless and annoying question from a privileged Pk parent. [/quote]

I was't there, but person who asked it was a huge LT cheerleader, at least up that point. And what kinds of principal doesn't want to at least pay lip service to encourage parents to like their school enough to not drop out? That doesn't mean "catering" to them or changing policies.

As for the test scores, yes, those were impressive and reflected well on the school, especially in the older (testing) grades. But I can only say that our child's experience in PK was quite negative and harmful, because of an awful teacher (who has since left). [/quote][/quote]

ugh, the “huge cheerleaders” who leave after PK are actually the worst. [/quote]

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