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[quote=Anonymous]I'm also sad that was your experience - and honestly, a bit baffled that anything about the school would've made you feel that way. I'm an African American parent at CM and the reality is that the school is actually extraordinarily diverse. Indeed, it's comparable to many of the other similar, highly sought after charters (e.g., Inspired Teaching).

What I can say, based on personal experience, is that you absolutely cannot judge the diversity of the school based on who you see attending the open houses (or the parent events, for that matter). Furthermore, the family association president last year was an African American parent, and one of the co-chairs of the family association this year is African-American. I've volunteered at the open houses and led tours for prospective parents. I've honestly never felt a "vibe" that would make AA parents feel unwelcome and I'm pretty certain the principal would be deeply troubled that you would feel that this school was not welcoming to children from all backgrounds.  It's one thing to say that you didn't think the school was a good fit for your child because of your child and your family's needs/values -- but it's really another to claim that this is because the school doesn't welcome AA kids.

You are, of course, more than entitled to your feelings...but I just wanted to say that, as a parent of an AA child at CM, I have never felt my child wasn't welcomed and loved at that school.

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