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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many things I love about Mundo Verde and teachers and staff we have loved, too. Some jumped ship, some are still there and I'm so thankful that they are. There still are truly amazing human beings going to work there every day.

I just can't help but wonder how things could have been different if the charter board listened to the many parents testifying the school was not ready to expand to two campuses. I think the intentions were good but there were enough red flags that should have alarmed the MV board and the PCSB. Both boards are responsible. Are they learning anything from this mess?

So much done in the name of equity has backfired and left vulnerable kids more vulnerable.[/quote]

How was the expansion approval "in the name of equity"? Were there promises to serve more at-risk students at the new campus or something else? [/quote]

Yes, in meetings with families to justify the expansion they pointed to long wait-lists as evidence of demand for high quality education and wanted to make more "desirable" seats open to a diverse population, particularly immigrants and people of color. It was argued that by expanding, the school would have more resources to then hire more staff with some roles split between the two campuses. Roles they were not able to afford with the existing single campus model. They talked about some efficiencies associated with scaling up as well.

At some point there was talk of looking for a campus in a more majority black neighborhood but I can't remember the timing on that angle. It may have been abandoned early on. That is not unique to MV; nearly every charter application I can think of talks about potentially locating in Ward 7 or 8 to reach underserved kids but then the school comes back saying they tried but couldn't get real estate there.[/quote]

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