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[quote=Anonymous]This forum is a big part of the problem.

- Parents rant about how horrible Cobbs is and then are angry and shocked that she is suspicious of them.

- Teachers (most of whom have been teaching with success for decades) are basically being told their teaching philosophies are wrong by posters who have read a few articles but have no real world experience in the classroom.  It's demoralizing.

- Educational aides (many of whom hold college degrees but do this job to try and make a difference) make an hourly pittance and still donate money to parent breakfasts and other events.  Then those same parents get on the forum and say no one at Ludlow Taylor is trying to foster a community environment.

- IB/ECE parents talk about the horrible make-up of the upper grades and point-blank say that the poor kids will negatively affect their kids (and while you can keep arguing that you're not racist, that's definitely classist).  I wonder why the parents of those kids band together in the PTA and are suspicious of your motives.

Ludlow Taylor has some challenges - all schools do.  Arguing on a message board won't solve them.  Get more involved at the school.  Talk to the teachers.  And don't talk to them to rant about what you think the problems are.  Ask them what they need.  Ask them what you can do to help.  Be a positive force for the school and the school will be a positive force for the neighborhood.  It's already a positive force for the kids that go there.

The comments about the transformation at Brent are telling.  The parents didn't set out to fire people or get rid of OOB students.  They set out to make the school better.[/quote]

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