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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I have a child who just started CES at CCES. My apologies to the CCES posters who are rightly indignant about being accused of being racist after having done far more to foster integration (through bussing to RH) than most MCPS parents have done.

However, I can understand why the PP who floated the race theory might have done so. As a new parent at the school this year, I was blown back on my heels with the one conversation I had with a neighborhood parent who lit into me with frustration about her 99% kid not having been admitted to the program, and the school "suffering" for the sake of kids like mine (she said that they kept losing the "best" teachers to CES and indicated that I was profiting from her loss).

Honestly the degree of hostility was really startling and confusing and I don't really understand why people think it's OK to treat other parents this way. If you have an issue with MCPS or the principal, please don't take it out on families whose only offense is taking a seat we were offered. To be honest, we were really unhappy at our home school too, due to all sorts of reasons similar to the ones that seem be bothering you now - goofed up lunch plans, limited resources/overcrowding, teaching quality, etc.

I immediately joined the CCES pta upon my daughter's enrollment. I attended the blacktop bash but found very few parents there who seemed interested in talking to a newcomer. I wasn't able to volunteer on Unity Day but don't recall seeing other calls for volunteers, or I'd have answered them. The number of community events / opportunities to meet / join / contribute to the school community seems lower so far than at our old school (read: nonexistent). I haven't seen any messages so far about PTA meetings despite having joined. so I'm really not sure how to contribute to the community / lessen hostility toward CES families. Thoughts?[/quote]

First of all, welcome to CCES and thank you for joining the PTA.  The parent you discussed could have been almost anyone.  There are lots of very upset neighborhood parents this year.  Last year they didn't seem to understand what had happened when they lost the 6th grade and several classes of new CES families showed up.  This year, they get it, are awake and angry.  CCES is now a different school that feels transient and cold.  Which it sounds like you felt.  Sorry for your experience.

The lunch/recess issues are boiling over.  I heard several parents at games talking about it today.   Unhappy kids make nhappy parents. The reason there are no community events is because the same dozen local  parents are sick of doing all the work.  Someone told me they almost cancelled the Fall Festival this year because no one would take it on. I heard a local parent say she was done with volunteering because it was unappreciated and she felt invisible.  There used to be events even a couple of years ago.  They are almost all gone.

The neighborhood parents see all of the teacher awards of excellence around the school.  There are several and not one of them teaches a non CES class.  The parent you describe wasn't exactly wrong and you probably judged her because you assume she is a 99%.  The truth is on the walls of the school.  There used to be a day of excellence and neighborhood parents would watch as CES kids took home all the honors.

It's a tough spot for everyone.  My suggestion would be that if CES parents took some ownership of the school, it would lesson the hostility.  So it is not enough to join the PTA but also actively participate.
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