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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Why is the first "one" considered the guinea pig and not the trailblazer[/b].  I am telling you when we interviewed for the Principal position at Eastern one of the white candidates asked "where do the white children attend school?"  The response was anywhere they please and can afford.  I see the whites attends school fairs and show great interests but there's a "no-not-me" attitude.  May I ask would a white principal at a school help with your decisions to send your child as the first to predominantly AA school.  Don't get me wrong, there are blacks who feel that white leadership is a successful attribute, such as in SWW, Wilson and McKinley.  Which leads me to Woodson High School who had a white principal and he was sent packing in the most unceremonious way.

I agree, it shouldn't be about skin color but it also shouldn't be about finances when it comes to free public education.[/quote]

I think this is an interesting discussion.  In the Walker Jones situation, the school is brand new and there is tons of new programming.  There is a reggio program and the test scores have gone up two years in a row (more than you can say for most of the schools in DC).  The school is bright, cheery and there is a new principal making a big difference in the programming that inspires kids to go to school every day.  Yet, what can be done to get the white parents to "tailblaze" their way into the school.  Imagine the difference if just a few parents to initial steps and led the way to make this a diverse neighborhood school?  It's a Ward 6 school, so obviously, money will never be a problem.  Just finding a few white folks to go...[/quote]

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