jlisenbe
Feb 15, 2024, 03:15 PM
A plan to combine two elem. schools in D.C. has not been, shall we say, enthusiastically received. One of the schools is 80% black and largely low income while the other is 60% white with most of the kids well off. The liberal parents of the well off kids are trying to make the point that diversity is an idea whose time has arrived for somewhere else. Some have volunteered that they will move if the plan goes ahead.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/plan-blend-predominantly-black-white-dc-schools-tense-debate-liberal-neighborhood
He also worried that teachers would leave the school because of the integration, an issue brought up during a tense town hall meeting with Maury families back in November.
"A lot of parents are already satisfied with Maury, and this jeopardizes that satisfaction," he added.
Maury parent-teacher association co-president Shavanna Miller was one of the people who spoke up at the town hall and said children can "fall through the cracks" when they move from one school to another.
"I think it’s not just because the children have to adjust their environment. I think it’s because a whole new set of adults needs to understand the kids, understand their family, understand their needs and how to best support them," she said.
Some Maury parents admitted that they would consider leaving the area if the plan goes through.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/plan-blend-predominantly-black-white-dc-schools-tense-debate-liberal-neighborhood
He also worried that teachers would leave the school because of the integration, an issue brought up during a tense town hall meeting with Maury families back in November.
"A lot of parents are already satisfied with Maury, and this jeopardizes that satisfaction," he added.
Maury parent-teacher association co-president Shavanna Miller was one of the people who spoke up at the town hall and said children can "fall through the cracks" when they move from one school to another.
"I think it’s not just because the children have to adjust their environment. I think it’s because a whole new set of adults needs to understand the kids, understand their family, understand their needs and how to best support them," she said.
Some Maury parents admitted that they would consider leaving the area if the plan goes through.