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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You referenced race and that seems to be your focus.  Wilson, is the 2015 version of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.  It is so sad what DC has become.[/quote]

actually OP wrote a long post describing reasons she feels the principal may be weak and except for the reference to the almost white audience (which I agree was unnecessary, even if it was a fact) there is no mention of race. she said that the principal was the least articulate speaker, she gave examples of unsatisfying answers or answers that puzzled the parents. it does not seem to me that race was the focus of OP's post at all. it seems to me that you are focusing on an unnecessary detail of OP's post to avoid facing the focus of OP's post, which is that the principal did not performed well at the open house.  with a 5th grader in a Wilson feeder, we are not at the school yet but watching closely and seriously hope that whoever is in charge at Wilson is the right person (regardless of race/gender/sexual orientation/religion and what else)[/quote]

OP can speak for herself, but I've often heard "white demanding parents" to describe a certain, well, stereotype in DC.  However, if accurate, [b]I would be concerned about why hardly anyone from 50% of the parent body demographics showed up at Wilson back to school night. [/b] That is very concerning.[/quote]

NP - it wasn't back to school night. It was an open house for prospective parents. [/quote]

Same question.  Indeed, when folks across the city want like anything to get their kids into Wilson, why would parents of only one demographic group basically show up?[/quote]

My guess is that OP was being dramatic by saying there were only white parents there. Also, let's not forget Wilson's new shrunk boundaries only include a very small amount of AA families now.[/quote]

You forget the fact that Wilson's population comes through feeders, including Hardy.[/quote]

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