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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought recess time was fixed, it seems like at least for the preschoolers the day is on a minute by minute schedule.

Can't the gentrifiers bring in some outerwear?  [/quote]

If the school social worker says that's wanted and needed and appropriate -- maybe. But there are only about 10% higher SES families at a school live Cleveland, and most are gone by K or 1st. The population that stays through fifth is kinda over the know it all white women coming in and telling them how to do behave / what to wear / how to live in most parts of the city.

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Another way of looking at it is that the white women with high expectations who are raising academically successful children are so over banging their heads against the wall in order to demonstrate what a high-achieving academic environment looks like.  They want it for their children and are sharing the benefits with others.

So they leave and take their expertise with them.  And not surprisingly, the schools go downhill.[/quote]

The thing is Cleveland was already an academically successful school before the "white women came with their expertise". It was one of the few schools that had such strong academics without being diverse. The teachers for the most part stayed the same. The changes were the new principal and the demographics of the school. I hate this notion of white parents coming to save a school that did excellently before. The principal was nice but not at all effective. The parents who came with their "expertise" railroaded her and suggested all kinds of things that most parents did not want and for the most part, she listened or at least considered it. Therefore, you end up with the remaining parents thinking that she is catering to "them" vs. us type of situation. One example is a group of parents who did not want homework for anyone. Certain cultures are against h.w. and certain cultures believe in h.w. This is an honest answer.[/quote]

There are certain (no names mentioned) Capitol Hill schools that are dealing with the same thing. However, in all honesty I think the pressure is coming from the Superintendents to give an ear to the white parents (let's just call a spade a spade) and dismiss the black parents unless they come with something that is a legal issue.  I know that Cleveland has a Hispanic population as well, but in my experience the Hispanic population doesn't become vocal until they feel they are slighted. I can see that happening in that area. DC  for the most part has been black and white and everything in between has been an other. [/quote]

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