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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Diversity brings exposure to different perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to greater empathy and understanding among students. [/quote]

+10 so true and something that's in dire need at Churchill.[/quote]

Diversity is not needed at Churchill, Wootton or Whitman. Haters step aside.[/quote]

I would think the almost weekly emails from the principal (social media threats, swastikas, n-word cards, etc.) are examples of why greater diversity is needed at Churchill.  I can't speak about the other two schools because I do not have children there.

I personally went to a school where white students were a minority and as a white person, I never experienced what is going on at Churchill.  Besides racial diversity, we had a mix of socio-economic levels in the school so I think I also had an understanding for peers who could not do after school activities because they worked to help financially support their families.  College opportunities due to family financial situations were not a given, and many of my friends paid their own way through college or a trade school.  They were hard working and mature individuals because of the responsibilities they had to have.  My best friend (who's family fled political persecution from Burma) is now a world class pediatrician who does research on rare genetic disorders.

If someone dared to write a swastika or pass out an n-word card at my high school, they would have been a social outcast.  Students would have spoken up to them directly and school staff would have dished out severe punishment for the offenders.  Such acts just were not done because there was no room for them to have social acceptability.

Separate is also not considered equal in the United States.  The restructuring of high school boundaries is long overdue by the Board of Education.  Churchill is one school that would benefit from the restructuring. [/quote]

Well said. This sums it up well. [/quote]

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