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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So the difference between LT and Brent is that the parents who go to PK don't feel any concerns that might arise after PK will be addressed by the staff/administration because they don't give a crap about the high SES gentrifiers. And, unless you keep your kids in the school said staff/administration is just going to point out that they don't need to give a crap about your concerns since all the IB high-SES people bail after PK! It's a never ending cycle...

Was Brent's principal saying "hell yes! Help me get rid of these OOB kids!" when everyone decided to stay?  Is that what it takes? 
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Brent is on its third principle post in-bounds, and out-of-bounds but neighborhood kids started going there. Prior to this there was a principal who acted like the LT principal is described on here.  As someone in-bounds, we started reaching out to her and she kept rebuffing the overtures.  Right before she left, I think she finally realized that the tide was turning and she couldn't stop it. That's when she opened the door a little and Brent Neighbors was started.

The new principal came in and I went to sevral PTA meetings prior to my kids going there and the sense from the AA parents at the meeting that they didn't like her because she catered to the white parents.  Ms. Clark only stayed a couple of years. I liked her but she was young and frankly didn't have the experience to handle the issues the school faced.  Dr. Wilhoyte was either loved or hated, not a lot of in between for her.  I trusted that while not a great communicator, she was doing a great job at addressing the needs of the older kids at the school who were behind academically while helping ensure that the younger kids never got that far behind.  Part of her ability to do this was that she was at the end of her career, had a husband high up in DCPS and could pull strings that Ms. Clark couldn't.

Mr. Young is in my opinion somewhere in the middle of the previous two.

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