jusanotherhmn

ok, at last we are beginning to pick up that there is a holier than thou "We speak for all of us regime" going on in this school, with too much time on their hands.

Citizen Ed thanks for the Ofsted reports which everyone keeps ignoring...wonder why!!!!! Please forgive me for speaking out of turn oh greater than thou, voices of all parents at Goodrich school!!!, but this has definitely gone a tad too far now and getting a bit dangerous. All we "lowly, ordinary" parents want for our kids is a good education in a stress free environment for them, that will turn them into decent human beings!. The school is reflected in the Ofsted reports, and it's SAT results are in the top quartile of value added for the country, but most seem to be avoiding these facts. Are they bad reports!!! Because a few parents do not like the head, it seems they feel they have the right to speak for the rest of us! Whatever Mrs P's reasons for doing what she did, she obviously felt justified, or was she recently released from Morsley...You can never please all the people all the time! My concerns are for my child's education at this school, and not having them subjected to posters done without due care and attention, and in bad taste, parents seizing the opportunity to dog a woman who is just trying to do her job, against the odds, racial slurs written on walls, and unrest and divide being brought about in innocent children's lives, just to tip the iceberg. Come on now people, her position in a predominantly white school, in a predominantly white area was never going to be accepted lightly..as much as the masses try to smoke screen that a black head was not the problem..but the higher heads felt she was the right person to bring the school forward...let her do her job!. Where is the evidence that she is not a competent, able head? I do not see it, many other parents do not see it, just the few with an axe to grind, and who are these people!!! Because some of us just don't want to be involved in this higher than thou brawl, and persecution, some feel they have the right to speak for us all. Well I for one am saying I am more than happy with the head!. I am happy with the school. I am happy with the education my child is receiving..and the facilities that have been provided. But will my child be happy when all this hatred spills over into the playground?. Will their minds be on the education they should be receiving or on the slurs they are hearing in their homes, or the whispers in the playground? A post mentions Kingsdale school is doing well under a black head..and that Goodrich parents are sending their kids there in droves as if to reiterate it's not a black thing...hmmm, where the minority is not of coloured people!, and she is being allowed to do her job, with the utmost support from staff, and without personal attacks on her character being the main point of topic. Some posts have had dealings on a personal level with Mrs P...you do not like her for whatever reasons!...I have had personal dealings with her, and she facilitated me and brought about a solution to my grievance professionally and fairly..we all have our own opinions of her as a person!...but I do not see evidence of how the school is failing, just of personal indifference to what you are not used to...... Thanks Tony rabbit for interesting reading, and what a great shame that this experiment cannot be made mandatory in this instance [www.uiowa.edu] then maybe a better insight would be had by some