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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP, and not a Miner parent (nor IB for Miner, just live in the neighborhood), but you are the one taking this personally.

[b]The PP was simply saying that's it's not true that Miner has never had a long-serving principal[/b], and then noted that their last long-serving principal was a stabilizing force for the school. The PP isn't even advocating for the cluster (if anything, they are pointing out that what Miner needs is consistency and stability).

But you interpret any defense of Miner as an attack on you, personally, because as a Maury parent you are highly defensive about the fact that you absolutely do not want your kids to go to Miner (or even to own a home IB for Miner). You are the one up in your feelings here, so it's pretty ironic that you are lecturing the entire Miner school community for being too emotional.

You are the one taking out your frustrations on someone pointing out a fact about Miner (that it has benefitted in the past from long-serving leadership).[/quote]

I'm the PP and you have it exactly right—I've lived in the neighborhood for 20+ years, and I was pointing out that this is a somewhat recent (if persistent) phenomenon for Miner. People come and go in this city and you may or may not know the history of a place. This instability at Miner coincided with a shift in the neighborhood demographics and economic tensions. It's more a reminder that things ebb and flow in a city, but there is also a lot of pride in neighborhood schools and their history—even if a family chooses not to send their kids there. Test scores never tell the whole story. The disdain and impatience is with anyone who doesn't regard Miner as a "failing school" is just a sh*tty premise to start a respectful discussion.

Combining any two schools is going to be a tough sell. I think it's even tougher when a school has been struggling with a leadership vacuum. Thankfully, I don't have a dog in this fight anymore, but I know both schools have challenges and benefits, and I hope there's a positive way forward that doesn't tear either community down.[/quote]

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