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[quote=Anonymous]You can try and likely you will find that you are able to affect some significant changes. The problem is that many of the changes will be long term things that you children may not experience. This could be off putting to many parents who maybe do not want to do the work for the benefit of the SCHOOL if their individual children will not reep the benefits.

I think that schools like Powell may see shifts in demographics and improvement in test scores, but I think that change will take a while. People are forever asking where there are so few white kids in the upper grades (either just like that or couched in other language) and the answer is that Powell did not become a popular school for the higher SES white families of Petworth until pretty recently. Most of the kids are still young.

My child doesn't go to Powell, but we have similar issues. If it's possible to work within the existing school infrastructure, I would recommend doing that. Get to know the staff in the front office. Get to know the teachers. Figure out what they need and then organize your friends to help provide that. And be inclusive.[/quote]

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