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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Disgusting and racist?  That would have been Cobbs biting my head off for asking how many Asian children were at L-T past PreK in front of other prospective parents.  I'm told the answer was one.  Her answer was WHAT AN INAPPROPRIATE QUESTION (at high volume).   My ill feelings about Cobb were surely passed down to my own kids, who were standing right there.  Any wonder that some of us are surprised and pleased that DCPS has selected a white principal? We may be disappointed in her stewardship of the school, but, hey, it's a new day for now.

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Although the principal could have addressed it better, is an inappropriate question for that forum.  Imagine if a white person did that.  [/quote]

In which forum?  In what sense was it an inappropriate question when DCPS itself publishes demographic data?  Yes, I am an Asian parent.  I asked the question to Cobbs politely and in a low voice, while she barked her answer.  The DCPS L-T school profile page had reported 0% Asian that year, and I wanted to know if the figure was accurate.  She was so unpleasant to me that we didn't put in for a L-T preschool slot, although we're in-bounds.  Ech, glad we landed at a welcoming charter and that Cobbs is history at L-T.   Hello, the neighborhood kids are mostly white now.   If the new principal makes L-T another Maury (er, more than half white and IB) within 5 years, hurray.  [/quote]

Yeah, my immediate first thought was that it really WAS an inappropriate question, but maybe there was some missing context that made it less so.

Your further explanation made me feel the principal read the bias behind it and wanted to make it clear that such bias is unwelcome at the school, and without even being there I have to applaud her for that.  The answer was something that you could have researched on your own or inquired about in private.  But you raised it in front of other prospective parents?  To what end?  Did you want her to explain the low number of Asians at the school?  Lay out her plan for recruiting more?

Seriously, what answer were you looking for?[/quote]

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