M.S. 51

Thank you for noticing my attempt at humor. Glad someone finally did.

brooklynpotter wrote: [quote=redmenace]
Friends, on the other hand, is home to the kids who get thrown out of both Packer and St. Ann's.

this is ironic. back when i was in school (nearly 30 years ago. gah) st. ann's had the reputation of taking all the kids who'd been thrown out of all the other private schools in the city. (yes, plural. these students had been thrown out of more than 3-4 schools.) the boys were kinda dangerous, in a cool way.

Confused! I thought you grew up in NJ.

Subject: "upper carroll"

i actually teach at what was formerly the upper carroll school (now called ms447--the math and science exploratory school). we, indeed, are in the sarah j. hale building.

it's a pretty great school, with a really dedicated corps of adults (teachers, admin, and parents alike collaborate).

however, i wouldn't stand outside our school at dismissal either. having worked in a "high-needs" school in bushwick for several years before moving to this competitive middle school, i can safely say that middle schoolers morph into different creatures altogether immediately upon dismissal.

racism is everywhere, in every school, no matter how pretty a picture the school may paint. the real question you need to ask is about the follow-through by adults in the school building. what are the consequences for racial intolerance, and how are those consequences enforced?