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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're rehashing old topics, but the issue is not just what the high SES kids would and wouldn't learn. I'm not convinced that it's mainly this.

Few in-bounds parents have the patience and stamina to battle to enjoy being a part of the L-T community year after year. You're never sure who to believe. White parents swear that they're in it for the long haul, then, suddenly, they stop turning up. You're walking on egg shells culturally after prek, under pressure to pay lip service to BS "diversity" (translation, lots of low SES AA  kids from K, and a handful of others).

I've seen how neighborhood parents grow quietly demoralized, eager to head to a school where they can kick back and be themselves.  [b] It's a lot more fun to be part of a joyful school where fund raising galas[/b], a serious music room, a garden, and dynamic and inclusive school musicals are the norm than not. Just listen to the many pps scolding well-intentioned in-bound parents for being honest about what they want at LT, ordering them to take a hike if the ghetto-influenced school culture isn't for them. Who needs it; you go if you can.

This new principal is going to need to be tough to keep the ossified old guard from tipping the balance over and over again.[/quote]

big ticket fund raising is a monster pain in the ass.  ask the people who do the real work in organizing these things what it's really about.  [/quote]

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