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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have kids at Maury and live in the Miner boundaries. I don't know where I will come down on this but appreciate the conversation - though not necessarily on this forum, it's not useful for that.  Since that's where we're at, let me throw in a few hopefully reflective comments that haven't already been voiced:
- Let's not forget that as open minded, liberal, progressive, inclusive, as we all think we are, when it comes to our own "back yard" and the kids in it, defensive territorial instincts can get the better of us. Let's just be mindful of that and try to occasionally and dispassionately see the bigger picture.
- When it comes to that bigger picture, distributive politics aside for a moment, having kids in elementary school can be a pretty short parenthesis. However long we live here, we're also citizens of a neighborhood and a city and thereby interested in seeing space used efficiently and our city and schools as a whole flourish (whatever that may mean for this particular issue).
- What does "Maury community" mean? There seems to be an assumption that it is limited to the parents who have children at the school, maybe also including parents who will have children at the school. Truth is, anyone living in those boundaries (with kids, without kids, renters, owners, businesses etc.) are really part of that community. They have a stake in how schools are renovated and structured, looks, parking, uses and all. [/quote]

you for president ... #not joking [/quote]

+1.

Also, would like to point out that those of us busy working long hours care just as much as those who have the privilege of having the free time to attend meetings in person.

Also, the voices of people truly committed to staying in the public system through high school should be given more weight than families that leave when things get real challenging.[/quote]

The ability to threaten to leave gives parents leverage to make demands. [/quote]

Running a school system through threats and hostility benefits the needs of the privileged.  Guess the cycle continues, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

Maybe one day such a construct will work past elementary school.  The privileged will be forced to work with the less fortunate, as opposed to a smaller elementary schools they were able to influence through purchasing homes that are outside the reach of average Americans.

Skeptical that trickle down education will ever work. [/quote]

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