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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]10:13 
You have really taken the Kool-aid. It's NOT a parents job to battle the ills of generational poverty! [/quote]

I didn't say that it was.  However, since the school zone that YOU CHOSE to purchase a home in has families across a wide socioeconomic and racial spectrum, if you would like your child to attend your neighborhood public school--which must serve ALL the children within its boundaries--then you are going to have to work  to build a community that bridges cultural and economic differences. No easy task, but not impossible. There are parents across this city who are not sitting around whining and bitching.  They are building school COMMUNITIES and part of that building process includes bridging those cultural and economic divides. The bonds are often fragile, but I have witnessed schools that are making it work even if they're just holding it together with bubble gum and tape.  And understand, the process is often uncomfortable for the parents, no matter where they fall on the economic or racial spectrum. The long term residents  you complain about are often from families who have lived in the District for generations and are having issues with the fall out from the changing landscape just like you.  While their perspective may be different from yours, their  feelings and concerns are no less valid.

The schools that are most successful in this situation are the ones whose parent leaders have made the decision to work and do whatever is in their power to make their school the very best for EVERY child and every family-- IB or OOB; black, white or orange; rich or poor.  The minute you start drawing lines, pointing fingers and making distinctions, your community falls apart.  [/quote]

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