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If you didn't know the school was slated for essentially a destabilizing turnaround, you would never have known that by walking through the school. In fact, you would have said: "Wait a minute. This is a place where parents want to send their kids, where educators want to work, where the kids are engaged."It is a little more than alarming to continuously have Weingarten parachute into our neighborhoods and identify schools that have been ineffective at best and oppressive at worst as “gems” and “beacons” of achievement and success—all surmised from an hour-long tour. It demonstrates that she and others are disconnected from the actual lives of students and the impact that failing schools have on Black, Latino and poor communities. Although Randi and friends consider Rhodes Elementary a beacon of achievement and success, the community—which has the highest stake in the school's success—does not. According to the School District of Philadelphia’s most recent data, only 32.7 percent of children who live in the catchment actually attend the school. And it’s easy to see why:
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