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[quote=Anonymous]Thank you 9:27 and 11:00 for your beautiful, insightful responses. I am a teacher (who previously taught in SE), and most of the conversations that I see in DCUM are heartbreaking and frustrating because of narrow minded, selfish responses. Great teachers and great schools cannot overcome systemic inequities that are plaguing the lives of so many students in DC.

It also makes me really sad because most of the people who are on this board (I'm going to make an assumption, probably ignorant) are likely have the class privilege and racial privilege that make institutions pay attention to their needs. If these families invested in neighborhood schools that might not be as attractive as JKLM schools, perhaps the needs of the surrounding community would actually be addressed. I currently work at a Title I school as an Early Childhood teacher, so I have the amazing luxury of having a class of students that is racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse. The community within the classroom, and the relationships we have been able to build are some of the most powerful that I've experienced, and I genuinely believe it's because of the demographic of my class. My kids have been able to see each other as human beings, and have learned the value of what it means to truly live and function in an authentic, multicultural environment that seeks to promote the well being of all people.

Yet I fear that some of my affluent families will be leaving my school, because although they've told me that I'm a great teacher, they don't know if they can put their trust in other teachers because our school's test scores aren't high enough. If only those students and families would stay and invest in their community, what I've been able to accomplish (and what other teachers are accomplishing in DCPS citywide), wouldn't be lost. [/quote]

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