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It's important for our students to have a voice, to feel heard and to know that they matter. It's frustrating that someone who they felt was supportive is no longer here during a very difficult time.

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It's important for our students to have a voice, to feel heard and to know that they matter. It's frustrating that someone who they felt was supportive is no longer here during a very difficult time.

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Transparency and timely communication

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I need to feel like I’m safe and respected as a person and I don’t. That makes coming to work hard.

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Clear and direct communication. Our community - teachers, staff, students - should not be existing in a state of permanent confusion.

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Frustrated that all these tensions are taking over our last months of the LHS legacy. Leadership deserves better and has been a beacon of joy, safety and growth for so many students, families and staff.  

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Frustrated that all these tensions are taking over our last months of the LHS legacy. Leadership deserves better and has been a beacon of joy, safety and growth for so many students, families and staff.  

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I don't want to forget about Ms. Cook, the new long-term sub. I hope that she is getting the support she needs, because she was not informed about how to use PowerSchool

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Lost of morale

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how do we name the harm that was done to our community and repair the harm and support each other to do our roles 

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how do we name the harm that was done to our community and repair the harm and support each other to do our roles 

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To add to what I said, Melissa, Alberto, and Shakirat have worked hard to help out with BHM, my feelings are about a collective atmosphere - Tamarah 

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To add to what I said, Melissa, Alberto, and Shakirat have worked hard to help out with BHM, my feelings are about a collective atmosphere - Tamarah 

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Checking in with each other

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Trust...

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We need to have actual honest engagements that lay bare all the possible scenarios and not just consider the cost effectiveness of school decisions.

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Four minutes does not process.

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Fragmenting the long history of family and community at LHS by moving our students and uprooting them.

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I feel blindsided. Our input was not considered and we were not given time to process before the news was delivered to students. I did not know what to tell them when they came with frustrations and questions.

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I see parallel's in the student's action and our own. Both were positive expressions of agency, but had less than perfect planning, communication and execution.

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I'd like Black History/Heritage Month to feel like Black History/Heritage Month. All of this has overshadowed what I was hoping this month would feel like for the Black children and staff at this school and I do not feel supported in the effort. I'm also not understanding why there is a V-Day spirit week - Tamarah

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I'd like Black History/Heritage Month to feel like Black History/Heritage Month. All of this has overshadowed what I was hoping this month would feel like for the Black children and staff at this school and I do not feel supported in the effort. I'm also not understanding why there is a V-Day spirit week - Tamarah

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We can't move forward if we are still in the shock, denial, and/or anger stages

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Restorative practices and not just telling me you're going to do something (e.g. - "I hear you" or "I take full responsibility"), but actually DOING it. Don't just talk the talk, walk the walk.

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I'm glad that they stood up a person they cared about.  It was hard to find a balance between giving a lesson to students in class and supporting students who wanted to demonstrate, but I experienced positive attitudes and inclusion from all the students.

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I'm glad that they stood up a person they cared about.  It was hard to find a balance between giving a lesson to students in class and supporting students who wanted to demonstrate, but I experienced positive attitudes and inclusion from all the students.

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There is a breakdown of trust and communication. There is questioning about how transparent leadership is being about issues in our community.

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Speak out if you need to speak out, take care of yourself, but try not to forget why we are here. (It's for the kids.-FYI).

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Speak out if you need to speak out, take care of yourself, but try not to forget why we are here. (It's for the kids.-FYI).

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I’m so confused by people saying they’re trying “shut down LHS” as if it’s an attack, when in reality both schools are disappearing anyway???

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there were things that didn't make sense in the WHY for upper and lower school divisions. The lack of clarity around what would be offered at each site is also concerning

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It is difficult to say when so many of us are grieving, and have profound feelings about how this year has gone thus far. Potentially creating trusted spaces of support.

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Truly sad that so much of what made our community special already feels lost this year. I struggle to see what of LHS will survive in the merger.

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Many students know the information but haven’t been able to process or figure out what they want to do with it.

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Regardless of how we feel about each other, we have to have some level of respect for what we do. It's disheartening to see the amount of blatant disrespect toward certain admin and/or staff members. Why do alumni know what's going on here? Why does our former principal know details about what's going on here at LHS? It's embarrassing.

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Regardless of how we feel about each other, we have to have some level of respect for what we do. It's disheartening to see the amount of blatant disrespect toward certain admin and/or staff members. Why do alumni know what's going on here? Why does our former principal know details about what's going on here at LHS? It's embarrassing.

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There's a sense of betrayal for not knowing all the options and possibilities beforehand. It felt that decisions were pre-made and any input thereafter is just window dressing. My advisory kids have used the following adjectives "dumb, confused, stupid, unnecessary" with a couple of idgf

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There's a sense of betrayal for not knowing all the options and possibilities beforehand. It felt that decisions were pre-made and any input thereafter is just window dressing. My advisory kids have used the following adjectives "dumb, confused, stupid, unnecessary" with a couple of idgf

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Lack of trust and a lack of feeling safe at school. How do we know that what happened to Britney isn't going to happen to us? I think there has been a big divide in the community, and when that happens, those NOT in power usually get hurt disproportionately more

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I think it was indicative of our lack of open communication with students and showed that we should provide more spaces for processing, input and anything else that helps students feel and be heard.

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Focusing solely on my students and their safety and learning. Everything else...

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Focusing solely on my students and their safety and learning. Everything else...

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Hurt that current 10th grades will have so much instability with school locations.

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Ask for help.

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The way things are being handled make the community doubt leadership's admin. In the end what really was it? Did Brittany quit or did she get fired? The communication from admin was clear in the beginning: she quit. YET now it is being investigated?

Needed to voice that. Mistrust is being built in students, family, and staff.

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Trust. Being honest instead of using diplomatic language.

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The way things are being handled make the community doubt leadership's admin. In the end what really was it? Did Brittany quit or did she get fired? The communication from admin was clear in the beginning: she quit. YET now it is being investigated?

Needed to voice that. Mistrust is being built in students, family, and staff.

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We need transparency and a place where our voices will be heard in a way that provides restoration and healing.

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It took a semester plus a month to get to some cohesion and comfort at  LHS. its not perfect but it is better than it was in August. And it is frustrating that all that energy is going being up rooted to another school.

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It took a semester plus a month to get to some cohesion and comfort at  LHS. its not perfect but it is better than it was in August. And it is frustrating that all that energy is going being up rooted to another school.

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Anytime students feel the need to speak against what they feel is an injustice, I'm all for it. Plus, it's good to call out adults when they should be called out.

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Anytime students feel the need to speak against what they feel is an injustice, I'm all for it. Plus, it's good to call out adults when they should be called out.

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Direct feedback seems to be not analyzed for the useful info but rather used to fuel defensive responses that are not solution-oriented. The feedback doesn’t need to provide the solution—it’s just the data volunteered from someone without the power or resources to change it.

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I thought that kids organized this a little too quickly and that they didn't plan beyond what would happen after the first 1-2 hours. But I thought that it was good for kids to shed light on some of the issues in the community and to get representatives from CAT to actually come to the site was a big win because they had real interactions with their admin

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Our students organized a space to feel heard, to allow others to feel heard, and to demand justice for a member of their community.

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To realize that going about “business as usual” is not working.

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It's weird that the contract was signed by the union without us having a chance to look at it. 

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It's weird that the contract was signed by the union without us having a chance to look at it. 

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Fragmentation between leadership and staff

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KIDS ARE DOPE...they felt there was injustice and felt empowered to stand up. 

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KIDS ARE DOPE...they felt there was injustice and felt empowered to stand up. 

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Keep students and families at the center.

Be clear in our language, our actions, and our decision-making process.

Be transparent and honest, especially in communicating the realities of both schools.

Find a balance between celebration and loss: Attend to the emotions of our community.

Be clear about our current best thinking while staying open to community input.

This is what was promised, not what has been delivered.

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How can we ensure that no more harm is caused to our school community?

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The students raised their voices for something they believe in, and sadly students leaders felt they were ignored and disregarded.

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It felt like space was held for input but not looked at or considered enough.

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I support students' right to protest, but the protest should have been more organized and not impromptu. Many students were running around the school and it became a safety issue. Students also openly judged others who exercised their right to stay in class.  

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I support students' right to protest, but the protest should have been more organized and not impromptu. Many students were running around the school and it became a safety issue. Students also openly judged others who exercised their right to stay in class.  

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Many kids didn't know what was going on and they just joined out of peer pressure and/or wanted to just leave class. It was another walkout without knowing the cause

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Many kids didn't know what was going on and they just joined out of peer pressure and/or wanted to just leave class. It was another walkout without knowing the cause

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I feel for the kids who have to change campuses next year. Many are not looking forward to it and feel a great deal of loss at this. LHS means so much to so many, and it feels like something beautiful is being taken away

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I feel for the kids who have to change campuses next year. Many are not looking forward to it and feel a great deal of loss at this. LHS means so much to so many, and it feels like something beautiful is being taken away

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Relationships with each other, mutual respect and how that shows up in how we treat each other. 

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Relationships with each other, mutual respect and how that shows up in how we treat each other. 

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I feel the protest is a symptom of a bigger problem within our school community.

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I’m upset that students and their families were not proactively worked with to make decisions that would directly impact them.

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Will we take this opportunity to establish future permanent student-driven input structures via student government?

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It feels like gentrification.
We have been left in the dark about the planning and decision making