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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]@13:54 - this language is meaningless.  What are you really trying to say?[/quote]

That browbeating someone with "OMG the kids here have it so much worse than YOUR first world problems, you should just shut up" (which is not precisely what was said above, but I think amounts to the same thing) is basically going to drive many (not all, but many) new families away.  In the suburbs if they don't want sugary yogurt for their kids, or TV, there is at least a chance they will taken seriously - they may not win, but they won't be guilted into shutting up.  There are already enough factors pulling families to the suburbs, this could be the straw that breaks the camel's back for some.

And I find the narrative of misguided, elitist, uncaring, liberal gentrifiers profoundly unhelpful, and unfair to people who are so different, in a good way, from the mass of upper SES parents. [/quote]

I know there have been some people browbeating about it, but I think the majority of posters are really just suggesting a little humility and to keep things in perspective. Principals, teachers, students and parents at high poverty schools have a lot on their plates. We have a really great principal who is very supportive of things like "no screen time" and "healthy food" but she has a huge job in front of her. It's nice to say that everything deserves some attention, but if I have to choose between my principal focusing on getting Chartwells to remove Trix yogurt from the menu and focusing on the many other issues the school faces (discipline system that needs to be consistently enforced, open houses staffed and outreach done, staffing issues in the school addressed, our playground equipment fixed so that kids can go down the slide safely, etc.), I'm going to focus on the bigger issues that are actually within the principal's control. Perspective, and some recognition that the thing you think is the biggest deal in the world is probably one of a huge list of things they need to address.[/quote]

I don't know anyone at my IB title one school who is fighting about trix yogurt etc.  This is just a distraction (although I agree that I don't want junk food in school) the "entitled" parents want more music, gym etc for preschoolers, more fundraising, fighting down at city council for money for renovations etc...thats what the entitled parents are fighting for.   So OP, you sound pissy cause maybe you were running the show at your underpeforming school, hell maybe you are the principal and now you are put on notice. Get over it or get a new job. You dont' have to thank these parents for doing YOUR job and making the school fucntion better for everyone but at a minimum get the eff out of the way.[/quote]

I'm not the OP, but a parent at our Title 1 DCPS is fighting over Trix yogurt. [/quote]

Why can't that parent just tell their kid not to eat the trix yogurt?[/quote]

They want to change the system, not just have a way around it. [/quote]

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