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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're just down the road at ESS. Same problems, but perhaps less amplified because our kid's school doesn't have the immersion program.

Small, excessively vocal group of white, moneyed parents enforcing their values as if those values are indisputably correct. The PTA is trying to better engage the whole community, but these like 6 parents are so loud it just drowns everything else out. [/quote]

Another ESS zoned family and this is quite true. On the PTA listserv, which the principal used to be on, that small group of parents pushed for things that arguably were good for the school...more math enrichment for grades 3-5, a replacement of the crappy aftercare provider, they wrote grants for a garden project and all sorts of other things. But there were other things that were seriously based on their own values and priorities. For example, the yogurt sans sugar push was a bit annoying (yes, not good but this is a school with lots of other more pressing needs), overall it was the same handful of parents advocating.

The proof of disparity? In a school with a very large Ethiopian population, a recent post sought someone to translate fliers into Amharic. The person who'd done it in previous years was recommended. If the PTA was more diverse this would not have been an issue because lots of Ethiopian American parents would feel welcome and already be a part of the PTA. But at least the PTA was trying to reach out...

Anyway, the principal dropped off the listserv she says to not impede conversation. I think she just didn't want to have to listen to those parents' constant requests. [/quote]

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