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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to school in this district about two decades when it was still majority white. It has always been a very academic and well regarded district but was not crazy competitive as described in the article. My class mates included Ethan Hawke ( who spent his last two years of high school in private school), the director Bryan Singer, the screenwriter Chris McQuarrie, and Jim Murphy of LTD Soundsystem.  None needed the after school Kumon to be successful.  iMO the superintendent is on the right track in bringing the school system where it use to be.  For what it's worth, I went to a top 15 college and an Ivy League law school.  [/quote]

The school district maybe majority Asian at this point so maybe they should serve them instead of trying to *bring the school system where it use to be*[/quote]

I sort of agree with this. I think the problem is that the superintendent is turning it into a bit of a culture war uneccesarily by using value-laden terms like "the whole child." This tends to make people fight back by asserting their own value system. I think if they concentrated more on the specific preferences and problems happening instead of talking so broadly, it would be easier to reach consensus with all stakeholders. Because at the end of the day, the one definitely true thing is that all parents want the best for their kids. [/quote]

What I don't understand is cutting out advanced math until 6th grade in the article.  If some parents don't want their darling "pressured" don't they have the option to opt out?!?  The school system got rid of a program that was 90% Asian when it sounds like the people who were utilizing it, wanted it.

Taking college courses for advanced credit is voluntary.  But they got rid of that too.

Crazy.  [/quote]

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