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[quote=Anonymous]NP. Maury parent. I agree that the comments on the listserv were not racist—not to me, anyway. Many were anti-cluster—and one interpretation of that is ok, those people are racist—but I don't think that reflects the Maury community that I know. There was discussion about the achievement gap—Maury is struggling with that, as are most schools—and confusion as to how a cluster might affect Miner's Title I status, which could take resources away from kids who need it most. It's hard to have a complex discussion—especially about things where race, class, culture, and education intersect—anywhere, let alone on a school listserv.

My view (shared by many of the other parents I talked to) felt that the cluster was so out of left field with no detail or communication with either Maury or Miner, that it was solely designed for cost savings. It was so bungled—no thought to what that might mean more broadly, for class sizes, for drop-offs, principals, teacher retention, curriculum, whatever. And there was a quickly looming deadline—we were told that DCPS would make a decision by the end of the year without meeting with the community or anything. We forced them to hold off and hold a meeting, but the damage was done.

What's sad is that I think if handled another way, it could have had a very different result. I think there is a lot of blame to go around: Grosso, Weedon, and certainly DCPS—all of whom should know better.[/quote]

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