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[quote=Anonymous]NP here. I have a child who just started CES at CCES. My apologies to the CCES posters who are rightly indignant about being accused of being racist after having done far more to foster integration (through bussing to RH) than most MCPS parents have done.

However, I can understand why the PP who floated the race theory might have done so. As a new parent at the school this year, I was blown back on my heels with the one conversation I had with a neighborhood parent who lit into me with frustration about her 99% kid not having been admitted to the program, and the school "suffering" for the sake of kids like mine (she said that they kept losing the "best" teachers to CES and indicated that I was profiting from her loss).

Honestly the degree of hostility was really startling and confusing and I don't really understand why people think it's OK to treat other parents this way. If you have an issue with MCPS or the principal, please don't take it out on families whose only offense is taking a seat we were offered. To be honest, we were really unhappy at our home school too, due to all sorts of reasons similar to the ones that seem be bothering you now - goofed up lunch plans, limited resources/overcrowding, teaching quality, etc.

I immediately joined the CCES pta upon my daughter's enrollment. I attended the blacktop bash but found very few parents there who seemed interested in talking to a newcomer. I wasn't able to volunteer on Unity Day but don't recall seeing other calls for volunteers, or I'd have answered them. The number of community events / opportunities to meet / join / contribute to the school community seems lower so far than at our old school (read: nonexistent). I haven't seen any messages so far about PTA meetings despite having joined. so I'm really not sure how to contribute to the community / lessen hostility toward CES families. Thoughts?[/quote]

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