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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Got news for you 09:26: DCPS did this, around the time Cobbs was hired. And they got blowback from families then attending the school, who said, "Hey! We're already here. Why don't you ask us what we would like to see at our school, instead of asking people who don't even send their kids here."

As an OOB LT parent, I strongly object to the idea that the preferences of an IB LT parent should be given greater weight than my preferences. We are all parents at the school, and none of us should be given more or less consideration because of our home address.

That goes double when you're talking about the preferences of people who *aren't even parents* at LT.

If you want to be a stakeholder at LT, enroll your kid in the school.

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#1 thing I've learned about school systems, and DCPS in particular, is that they respond willingly to families INSIDE the system and almost not at all to families OUTSIDE of it.  PP's laundry list contained some perfectly reasonable items that LT's or any principal would be happy to implement with parent support. But the constant barrage of negativity from outsiders, I think, will continue to fall on deaf ears.[/quote]

Which is stupid, because this means we're all left playing which-comes-first-chicken-or-egg games open-endedly, rather than focusing on expanding the municipal tax base by attracting, and retaining, high SES parent tax payers to help expand services to the poor.   The Mayor Daley dynasty in Chicago focused on drawing upper middle-class families to schools, and made the whole town more liveable as a result.  Disatisfaction engenders negativity, which doesn't draw in needed investment.   No more to be said.
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It isn't stupid at all. A principal should focus more on his or her actual stakeholders vs potential stakeholders. Sure the open houses and information sessions are part of the job but not a major one.

And it's not a chicken or the egg thing. Involved families who care about education create a better school community.

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