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[quote=Anonymous]That's not true about the previous principal--she wasn't interested in engaging at all. She flat-out told parents that there was nothing they could do to help the school when they asked. And the Latino parents thought she was racist against them and was acting in an overtly hostile manner.

I'm sorry, but the purpose of a school is to educate, and the teachers and leadership at Cooke under the prior administration were not doing that. When more than two-thirds of your students are below grade level, education needs to be your priority. The prior principal made it clear that she felt she was dealing with kids who could not be educated. When asked why scores were low, she said it was because of the demographics. How horrible--someone who felt that she simply could not do her job at Cooke. And it was clear from interactions with central office that she was definitely told she would not be re-hired, which explains why she found another job. Good for her--let's hope she's in a better job where she can actually make an impact, rather than having a defeatist attitude that there is no way she can be expected to do her job because the kids at her school are poor and non-white.

Time will tell whether the current principal can turn around Cooke and ensure that it provides an education to all the children who show up--poor and non-poor and of whatever skin color they are. It's certainly a huge job. But I think that with new staff and teachers, she has the best chance of achieving that.[/quote]

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