Submitted by Joe Beckmann on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 22:14.
I do hope that, unlike in Somerville, when the racial balance of the schools began to change, Milton has changed its recruitment of school personnel. Here in Somerville we have less than 1% staff of color, mostly in the kitchens, and 60% bilingual/multicultural student enrollment. While this might be uncomfortable in terms of implicit racism, it is even worse because the parent priority is to bring foreign languages to the K-8 system, and, since the system continued to appoint only white teachers well after any shift was imperative, foreign languages in K-8 are now prohibitively expensive.
Good Luck Milton in avoiding the pitfalls of change that have or seem about to overcome other cities.
Race and empowerment
I do hope that, unlike in Somerville, when the racial balance of the schools began to change, Milton has changed its recruitment of school personnel. Here in Somerville we have less than 1% staff of color, mostly in the kitchens, and 60% bilingual/multicultural student enrollment. While this might be uncomfortable in terms of implicit racism, it is even worse because the parent priority is to bring foreign languages to the K-8 system, and, since the system continued to appoint only white teachers well after any shift was imperative, foreign languages in K-8 are now prohibitively expensive.
Good Luck Milton in avoiding the pitfalls of change that have or seem about to overcome other cities.
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