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[quote=Anonymous][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]

There are plenty of people who like the idea of ‘diversity’ but then dislike how it affects their community and school.

We saw this at a different school, where once the level of ‘diversity’ gets to where it impacts their kids’ school experience, the family leaves for private school in the name of finding their ‘community’ and making sure their kids are challenged.

For better or worse, we have to acknowledge that changing demographics have an affect on the schools, on the teachers and on the staff.  [/quote]

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