During the 2nd day of an advisory class, vulnerable Middle School students were forced to sit through discussions on suicide, by new teachers, written by young, well meaning school counselors, who are not teachers and not parents.  Stressed out kids, who didn't want to appear on camera, doing online learning, were forced, week after week, into uncomfortable and inappropriate conversations, with NO choice, written by school counselors who were obligated to create these lessons and believe they are, somehow helping.  

An Administrator tried, very hard, to explain how a teacher grading is racist if 2 teachers give the same student different grades in different subjects. Even he didn't understand what he was saying, because it was nonsense.  If a student gets a different grade in 2 different classes and the teachers set up their own gradebooks..the only reason is racism.  That's nonsense and it is insulting.  

A well meaning 4th grade teacher decided to tackle the Civil Rights era. 1 caucasian male student in a class mostly filled with children of Ethiopian and Central American immigrants.  The teacher had no idea what occurred during the Civil Rights era and presented it as if the entire country was against anyone of color, rather than that people who were not black also protested and some lost their lives. Children were horrified and distressed.  

A coach of brand new teachers stated that she believes her Elementary School teacher was a racist, because her language was corrected when she was a child...not that the teacher believed she could do better and asked that of her.  

2 new professional development classes were offered to new teachers, most of whom are in their early 20's. The classes were called:  Anti-racism for White Educators and Digital Blackface.  

Staff members in extremely diverse schools are  being forced to sit through extensive cultural diversity and treated as if everything is attributed to race. No one fits into these tiny boxes.  Schools with high minority populations and very culturally diverse staff are being looked upon as if they are schools in the middle of 1950's Kansas. It doesn't fit and it creates very awkward and uncomfortable situations where staff are feeling singled out based on appearance alone.  This is racial segregation and it is harmful and despicable.  

This year has been hard enough, without flipping everything else upside down and creating new problems for everyone.  

Taking away advanced Math and Advanced Diplomas is blatant discrimination against successful students. BUT what is worse is that you are sending a LOUD message to all students who are struggling...that they are hopeless.  Shame on you.  Why not invest in offering tutoring grants to promising students.  Equity is a sham. You cannot control outcomes only opportunities. You are trying to control outcomes and you are hurting everyone.