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Parents and students plead to keep Carver principal after low-performance designation
Summary
Families from George Washington Carver Elementary flooded the board to urge the district not to remove their principal or close the school after the state identified it as persistently low-performing; the superintendent said the district has not decided to close the school.
Parents, students and community leaders from Doctor George Washington Carver Academic Elementary packed the Board of Education chamber to protest a state listing of persistently low-performing schools and to urge the district not to remove their principal or take actions that could lead to closure.
Multiple speakers recounted the principal—9s hands-on support and the school—9s gains. "She is our foundation," parent Angelie Robinson Harris said of…
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