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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the worst part of being a POC in the Maury zone is having white women tell you the best middle and high school for your kids. I didn’t ask your opinion and I’m more than capable of choosing the appropriate school for my kids. Just because you decided to have your kid attend Eliot Hine and Eastern doesn’t mean that I need to make the same choice. [/quote]

Did you ever think that maybe they were awkwardly trying to be inclusive of you?  And hoping a cohort would stick together?

When you say you are leaving the shared space, it can feel like a judgment that the shared space was harmful for your child.[/quote]

No. They were not being inclusive. This individual doesn’t have kids that are the same age as my children. She never bothered to even say hello to me or be nice to my children. At one of our first conversations she launched into me about the importance of sending my kids to Eastern. I note that her daughter goes to SWW now. But it was really important for “diversity” to have our family attend Eliot and Eastern.

I never once mentioned that we were thinking of leaving Maury and transferring to a charter school. This woman just launched into her lecture without prompting. You should know she’s not the only one. [/quote]

I mean.. that samething happened in this very thread.. with a parent suggesting a black family thats inbound for Maury should consider Friendship schools instead. Those types of personalities tend to reveal themselves in various ways and are otherwise avoidable within parent groups. If the child or family isnt feeling supported within the school, thats a different issue.[/quote]

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