If there were suspicious erasure rates and test scores at Brent or Maury and if very very few inboundary parents felt confident enough to stay beyond kindergarten, it would also cause concern. Regardless of race.

You seem to be playing the race card because it is the easiest thing to do.

The "race card" that is

Anonymous wrote:You are barking up the wrong tree. I can't speak to Maury, but the race of Brent's principal and upper grade students is irrelevant to student accomplishment, much less IB acceptance. Several years ago, the Brent community (including OOB families) made a commitment to the school and stepped up in a big way, both financially and otherwise, to foster a nurturing academic and social environment. The result is that Brent is now a majority IB school through Fourth Grade that continues to strive for improvement. By the way, Brent's principal is relatively new to the school and thus has little or anything to do with IB acceptance.

I can't say whether Brent is necessarily "so much better" that L-T but you can analyze relevant metrics to assess objective data and draw your own conclusions. Oh, and stop playing the race card.

It might make you feel guilty but it is a pretty apparent part of the issue whether you want to admit it or not. Sorry.

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What would her answer likely be?

I truly don't think ib ludlow families are bothered by an aa principal. The school just seems to be a bit of a mess with new families wanting to improve the school and longer standing families thinking the school is just fine as it is. It doesn't help that most of the ib/newer families are white and most of the families who have been there longer are black. I do not know if this is a big factor though.

You are barking up the wrong tree. I can't speak to Maury, but the race of Brent's principal and upper grade students is irrelevant to student accomplishment, much less IB acceptance. Several years ago, the Brent community (including OOB families) made a commitment to the school and stepped up in a big way, both financially and otherwise, to foster a nurturing academic and social environment. The result is that Brent is now a majority IB school through Fourth Grade that continues to strive for improvement. By the way, Brent's principal is relatively new to the school and thus has little or anything to do with IB acceptance.

I can't say whether Brent is necessarily "so much better" that L-T but you can analyze relevant metrics to assess objective data and draw your own conclusions. Oh, and stop playing the race card.

Anonymous wrote:Cobbs is interested in "more of her own" (yes, straight from her mouth) so if you are IB and AA, she may welcome you. She is very bothered by the high SES neighborhood kids who come for a short time and then leave, but from what I have seen, she doesn't do anything to help the problem.

With regard to the "more of her own" comment, in what context did she say that and to whom? To you directly, PP? That seems like a weird thing for anyone to say. From what I can tell, she's fairly well off, so "more of her own" would be high SES AA families?

Of course she's bothered by the attrition. Who wouldn't be? She's pretty clearly trying to get more of the ECE parents to stay. But other than promoting the upper-grades to the ECE parents (which she seems to be doing) and trying to make the school better for all students (which she seems to be doing), what should she be doing to "help the problem"?

I'm beginning to suspect everyone's problem with her is that she's AA and everyone's problem with L-T for the upper grades is that the student population is almost entirely AA. Seriously...can someone explain to me WHY Maury and Brent are so much better? Is it because there are more white kids there? And why are Brent's and Maury's principals perceived as so much more acceptable to and accepting of IB families...because they're white? If there is some real reason that they're better, I'd love to hear it, but from what I can tell, Cobbs is an effective principal and L-T is a good little school, so I just don't get all the vitriol unless it's just a bunch of racist b.s.

Cobbs is interested in "more of her own" (yes, straight from her mouth) so if you are IB and AA, she may welcome you. She is very bothered by the high SES neighborhood kids who come for a short time and then leave, but from what I have seen, she doesn't do anything to help the problem.

^ Here's a suggestion - go ask Cobbs why she thinks the percentage of IB families at LT has dipped slightly several years running. You will have your insight.

Can someone tell me what they mean by "neighborhood friendly?" What is the LT principal doing that is un-neighborhood friendly? Just moved here and VERY curious. Thanks!

^^ and that has made all the difference.