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Student Walk-Out Over Principal's Firing
There's a good bit more to this story, and it will probably get ugly in the next few days. Stay tuned. Quote:
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If he were popular, I could understand that. To a certain extent, I have to believe that some students would walk-out much like people riot in L.A. Find a good excuse to skip school and bam, I'd be gone.
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Here we gooo..... http://wsbradio.com/news/030106principal.html Quote:
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Were they black againsnt white or the reverse. Since the principal was white, this is a key in the story.
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This is starting to sound like a situation where the superintendent is trying to do the right thing and defuse what could become a bad situation while keeping the principal's reputation intact. Seems like this attempt is about to blow up.
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Crawford Lewis (superintendent): black Lakeside "official" demographics (this doesn't seem right to me, but it is possible...LHS seems more white than this): 47% white, 14% Latino, 27% black Lakeside average SAT score: 1126
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Nice. I just bought a house in the Lakside school zone. This better not hurt my value
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Man, can I complain about more fascinating Georgia stories ? This offends me more than Jesse's thread did...
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Bingo. When I was in high school (1988-1992) we had a supposed walkout in protest of something (can't remember what it was... long time ago), but it was an excuse to ditch school. |
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the new principal will be black
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Man, don't I know it. I just can't fathom driving to work everyday from where my wife's family lives (Lawrenceville). LHS area is very nice. |
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A little cynical and selling the kids' idealism a little short, don't you think? Don't you remember the passion when Brandon led the walkout demanding "Donna Martin Graduates!" on 90210? No Roger, No Rerun, No Rent! No Roger, No Rerun, No Rent! |
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Meeting last night. Article from this morning's AJC...
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Come on we need more details!
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We used to beg for reasons to have a walk out. None of it had anything to do with our beliefs, but you would never have any of us say that. Most kids are pros at imaginary righteous indignation.
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1. They have their heads in the sands on this one. 2. We are talking about an affluent school with some powerful people. I wonder if someone is pulling some strings to keep this one to minimal press coverage. I'm thinking it is the latter. There's a definite "circling of the wagons" going on among the LHS parents I know in conversations. ("WE don't have racial issues. We're MUCH too progressive and liberal and wonderful for that sort of thing...") That circling of the wagons does not jibe with things I've heard and overheard from kids and even parents who are being honest. I'm particularly surprised that there was no TV coverage of last night's meeting.
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Well I was made privy to this story from sources outside of FOFC fairly recenty, can't remember where. So it's getting some decent sized coverage somewhere. Surprised Lewis hasn't leaked something just to make himself look better, maybe he's planning on bringing him back.
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Stay tuned for more "World Local News: Local News From Around the World"
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FINALLY!!!
As I had assumed, my source was dead-on-balls-accurate. The AJC finally got the dirt. http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/met...tlakeside.html Quote:
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Sounds like a race war. We see this at the Dallas School Board and Dallas City Council almost daily. The battles are split by race, but instead of black vs white, we have vs. hispanic as well. They proclaim as loud as they can, "this is not about race", but every battle, and I mean EVERY battle, is divided by race. Some appear to enjoy it.
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Poor white guy can't even catch a break!
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After checking out the Lakeside website, I discovered that the TOTY is black...so is she pissed that it's a male instead of a female? Not really sure how this ties into her other arguments... Lakeside TOTY Webpage |
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And in/around Atlanta this comes as a surprise? As we've discussed (and largely agreed IIRC) before, pretty much everything in the ATL is racial. And if it isn't, somebody will search until they find a way to make it so.
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I find it more humorous considering the bastion of liberal progressiveness that is DeKalb County, and the Lakeside district in particular. Methinks the chickens are about to come home to roost
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As one who has worked in racially mixed school systems for many years, racial politics are often an issue. Racial groups jockey for position, and issues of internal bickering and power struggles often become racial. This is true of black and white. Race is used as a lever by both sides. Both sides (or all sides when Hispanics are also involved) are often guilty of using race in an inappropriate manner. I don't know what the facts are in this particular case, but whenever racism is thrown out as the issue, there is usually something else behind it, and that something else is usually a power struggle. Sounds like this may be a power struggle between two groups, one largely white, one largely black. There will be no real winners here. no matter who is right and who is wrong.
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http://www.ajc.com/news/content/metr...0lakeside.html
Dismissed principal returns to Lakeside High By KRISTINA TORRES The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 03/10/06 Embattled Principal Wayne Chelf will be back in charge of Lakeside High School on Monday, two weeks after DeKalb County Superintendent Crawford Lewis unexpectedly removed him from campus and hit a nerve with a community who rallied behind their school leader. Chelf's return, announced to staff earlier today, is expected be the subject of a letter sent home with students, as well as at a 6 p.m. meeting today in the school's cafeteria. ... "I really applaud [Lewis] for taking the time to investigate this," said Mary Kay Woodworth, immediate PTSA past president who was one of the parents who originally met with Lewis and who confirmed today's news. "The bigger part, I think, of this is that he will investigate the processes of how people are hired and evaluated in their performance of the job. I'm very sorry it had to happen this way. I think [Chelf's] reputation has been terribly damaged."
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