At the previous meeting, the group had worked to identify issues affecting students of color. At the June 23rd meeting, we took the next step, prioritizing those issues to pinpoint the three that we believe to be the most critical.
As before, this was no easy process, as all the issues affecting our students are very important.
We are very grateful for the students' input in this process, as their prioritized list was a bit different than the adults' list. Combining those lists, we were able to see the following three areas as the top issues:
- Personnel (administration, faculty and staff)
- Discipline
- Expectations and Programs
The next step was getting to the bottom of these issues to determine the root causes behind them; again, an emotionally challenging but necessary task.
We believe we have identified the root causes that are behind many of the things our students are experiencing at school. This would not have been possible without the input of the students and families, and the support of various community members.
From there, the plan is to create a document to share our concerns with the district. I hope to be able to link to the document here, so that we can also share it with all of you.
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