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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I haven’t read the entire thread I will note that I don’t actually ever hear white parents reject low income housing in bounds for “better” schools. There was opposition to homeless shelters due to issues related to families in crisis, but not to permanent housing. I think what researchers failed to discern was that white parents will not bus their children across town to attend lower-performing schools. It’s just not gonna happen. Would an adult go out of their way to take on a lengthy commute to go to a job that pays less and provides less satisfaction? I love the PPs rocket booster analogy! Let’s do EVERYTHING we can to support those efforts and provide extra fuel for the launch. Low-income housing in Ward 3, OOB set-asides, free aftercare, extra social work supports, free tutoring, etc. I also want to say that I have witnessed how the addition of even one student with extraordinary mental health/ PTSD issues can impact a classroom. It can shut down opportunities flat the entire class ( no, can’t take that field trip because X students might become out of control, pause class while X student overturns desk and curses at teacher, X student brings up lives gun violence or even sexual abuse in class). These are things NO child should EVER be exposed to. But we can’t be surprised if parents aren’t chomping at the bit to expose their young children to these traumatizing experiences. Who voluntarily does that? But that doesn’t mean those parents want George Floyd to be murdered. And it doesn’t have anything at ALL to do with race. It’s about trauma and spreading the exposure to trauma ting experiences and their impacts. Those students need INTENSIVE therapy built into each day. It’s way more than a typical school can provide. But race? Poverty? No, it’s not about those things. [/quote]

It's a yes and - it's absolutely about poverty (which begets trauma) and race (which, in DC, is associated with poverty and trauma). If I had a magic wand, I would get rid of charters schools, institute a busing initiative ensuring racial diversity similar to what MoCo/Takoma Park manages, increase supports for at-risk students, and get rid of OOB lotteries. Sadly, none of use have magic wands. Our current feeder TEC, Wells, Coolidge is largely filled with OOB kids and abysmal test scores. These schools are not economically diverse or racially diverse (beyond PK). So, the ask of MC or UMC families IB is send your kid to the school but do not open your mouths and ask for changes or accommodations or language immersion or specials. If you send your kid OOB, you are racist. If you send your kid to racially diverse charter school, you are racist. If you move, you are racist. If you go private, you are racist. If you home-school, you are racist. We decided to enroll our kids in a language immersion charter that is largely AA. Neighbors did OOB lottery. Other neighbors went private. [/quote]

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