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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Shrevewood parent of a general education child and everyone I've talked to who has a child that is not AAP and about half of the people I've talked to who have children that were previously LLIV are happy with the changes at the school. Which leaves you with maybe 7 or 8 families per grade (1/10 of the school's population) that are unhappy that their kids aren't in a special class. If I were the principal, I'd be aiming to please 90% of the population, rather than the teeny tiny 10%, wouldn't you? [/quote]

If I were the principal, I wouldn't be writing off the needs and concerns of any 10% cohort at my school, regardless of whether that cohort's students were academically ahead, behind, or middle-of-the-pack. I think the actual principal feels the same way, but some parents won't be satisfied unless the principal fully adopts their personal POV. That doesn't mean the principal doesn't take their concerns seriously, even if they perceive it as such... that just speaks to their own blindness, not the principal's lack of care for all.

But I'm glad you're not the principal.[/quote]

So you're saying that the principal should only take and respond to feedback from 10% of the population and not the 90% who are pleased with the new model because they are...better than everyone else? [/quote]

No, I'm saying I wouldn't take a zero-sum approach and pit different groups/cohorts against each other, I'd start with the default assumption that they all have valid concerns and are operating from a position of self-interest-but-also-good-faith, and would try to ensure all of them felt heard and included.[/quote]

Do you even go to this school? The principal is 100% willing to talk to anyone that has anything to say to him. [/quote]

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