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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster here.  DC not school age yet.  Can someone explain what makes a principal "neighborhood friendly?"[/quote]

Someone who is "neighborhood friendly" (in this context)  is someone who welcomes people who live in proximity to the school. In the past, some principals (like the LT one) held extremely strong preferences for helping under-served students. A principal's strengths in building up a school focused on helping children from low-socioeconomic families (poverty, homelesses, behavior problems, broken homes, etc.) is very different than building up a school focused on advancement for children from higher-socioeconomic families. In addition, to the "I'm the principal and my primary job is to 'get it done, regardless of what you think" mentality that has worked to turn many low-performing schools around. Anyone remember Joe Clark from the movie "Lean on Me?"

A principal with this goal who encounters higher-income parents who are frustrated over 1) not having organic crayons 2) serving fried chicken and other "unhealthy" foods at fundraisers or 3) dismissing their questions probably becomes annoyed and it showed (and showed). I don't condone this, it's just a fact.

The hope is a new principal will think of the needs of everyone in the community - the higher-income and lower-income - which they will have to acknowledge may have different needs and/or requests.  This principal will need to be very, very savvy.

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