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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just saw a picture of the new candidate.  My confidence is renewed that LT is headed in the right direction.  [/quote]

I'm AA and I posted this comment.  When I did, I was thinking about the saying, "You have to beat the grass to drive out snakes."  Evidently, my plan worked flawlessly.  Why did I make the comment?  Because I really wanted to see if people if there were people IB for LT who hold views about individuals based on race.  Sadly, there are despite their level of income and education.  Truly, I think we all make some judgements about people based on superficial characteristics.  However, we should be advanced enough to recognize that we are and change our thinking.  For example, someone recently posted that low-SES children have may have to deal with challenges, at home, that high-SES children don't-like physical abuse and general family dysfunction.  However, domestic violence, prescription drug abuse, and alcoholism occurs in many homes regardless of household income.  Perhaps, some of the parents who recently spent $900k for a house on G St came from a home, or knows someone from their midwestern hometown, where they dealt with dysfunction.  There are a lot of posts about low-SES children being headed by single parent households.  Yet, there are numerous high-SES households with divorced parents.  The only difference may be that one household never married, and the other married and divorced.  The end result is still the same.

Many of you should be able to reasonably acknowledge that there are some clearly prejudiced views about AA children at LT.  Additionally, if you are someone who holds prejudiced views about AA children and families, you should not get upset when someone calls you a racist.  If you don't want your children to attend school with AA children, then why would you purchase a house in a community filled with AA?

Lastly, for those who think the principal's job is to grow the community, you have little understanding of school leadership.  The principal's job is not to grow the neighborhood, that is the job of city planners.  According to DCPS, the principal's job is the following:

Leading Instruction
•	Articulating a clear instructional vision with a school-wide focus on teaching and learning that is data-driven, standards-aligned and rooted in a belief that all students can  achieve at high levels.
•	Implementing consistent school-wide instructional practices that are clear, results-oriented and research-based.
•	Creating opportunities for ongoing learning and staff development that are informed by data.

Leading Operations
•	Executing results-focused school operations and resource management that ensure minimal disruptions to teaching and learning and promote the success of all students and staff.
•	Developing and maintaining a purposeful school culture that supports a safe and effective learning environment.
•	Aligning human resources to school needs, setting high expectations and effectively managing all school employees to meet school goals.

Leading for Increased Effectiveness
•	Focusing on evidence-based growth and results to drive the school towards annual and long-term goals.
•	Engaging school community members effectively to ensure all stakeholders are included in school improvement efforts.
•	Listening to and communicating with all the school’s stakeholders; building successful interpersonal relationships with faculty, staff members, family and community members and students.
•	Managing the change process, including making tough decisions when necessary to move the school and students forward.
•	Engaging in constant personal learning, including the need to learn and adapt when faced with challenges and successes.
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I agree with most of the post, troll or no troll (that comment was weird!).
With one exception: high-SES families are not moving into a neighborhood full of AA kids, not anymore.[/quote]

The troll comment really meant that the poster is a sockpuppet trying to instigate discord by acting like a racist against AA people when he says he is AA.  The sockpuppet act is weird.[/quote]

Nothing weird about it.  Any commentary about the individuals who obviously hold negative views for AA children?  Again, it is sad that in 2014, some people feel that AA are inferior because of some standardized test.  The DC-CAS is not a predictor of one's future.  The news is filled with many a high-achieving, high-SES white child who throws their life away after becoming addicted to prescription drugs or some other narcotic.  Whether you choose to admit it or not, some of you may have family members or friend's whose children are in such a situation.  History is also filled with many a non-white child who grew up in adverse circumstances, but through hard work and perseverance have graduated from Ivys and lead successful lives.  In fact, an AA male student from Banneker, who grew up in a low-SES, single parent household was recently accepted into 5 Ivy league schools (UPenn, Harvard, Princeton, Brown and Yale).  He will be attending Harvard in the fall.  Another student, whose family lives at DC general and graduated from Anacostia will be attending Georgetown this fall.  You just can't judge people on superficial traits like skin color.[/quote]

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