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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know, I think some of you are being pretty unfair about the school. I wasn’t a fan of the previous principal either but it’s a great school. Some of this conversation about demographics changing leading to the quality of the school declining makes me uncomfortable, and I agree with PP that the demographics aren’t changing all that much anyway. What you may have read as a loss of community feeling is more like the school has become less driven by parent cliques. It might have felt good if you were in that clique community, but as a parent of a special needs child we saw all the ways that exclusion results from clique behavior.[/quote]

The shift in demographics has an impact on the staff and other students in terms of how kids are grouped and instructed. The reality is the school hasn’t had a measurable number of esol students or first Gen English speakers unlike schools in other parts of the county where it’s the majority.

The comments aren’t meant in a xenophobic way. Anyone who lives in MoCo likely embraces diversity. Rather, the comments are simply facts meant to illustrate a shift that is likely catching the school staff a bit off guard. Remember: the op flagged issues with responsiveness, etc. I suspect the staff is stretched thin given new challenges (whether from the admin, parents, or students).

Touché regarding the mommy cliques! I suppose there are trade offs when it comes to having robust parent participation. [/quote]

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