Freedom Writers ~ 1.5.07

[Kamryn]

Originally Posted by redblackdelta

Go Jackrabbits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I miss Poly dearly, but again, don't miss the violence. We had a shooting at the '05 graduation and last year I had phone calls and emails up the yahzoo because of the shootings on and near campus (two of the above involving one of my students) last year.

as a matter of fact, if they wanna make the saint-saves-the-sinners movie, they need to do it on Poly. Every year I marvel at how many students they send to college amidst the epicenter of the gang/racial violence in Long Beach. Poly is dead center of Long Beach and catches all heat.

LOL, you know it's all about the Bruins!

I can only imagine the amount of phone calls you had! Violence has been increasing a lot in LBUSD these last couple of years. I there was a shooting after a football game at Jordan a couple weeks before Christmas. Two other shootings happened within weeks of eachother while I was on my way home from work.

I know about some of the things that happen at Poly, and many of the other high schools in LBUSD. I was an advocate and worked with the city, PTA, and African American Parent Support Group. So I had a lot of access to information about the district that a lot of people don't have. Personally, I really wanted my sister to go to Wilson, b/c although Wilson had some issues, I felt that (compared to the other schools) it was a better place for her to be. But, she's crazy about her beloved Poly. She's in their CIC Program, and plays soccer and the violin for them. I think she felt that she would be following in my shadows if she went to Wilson, so she made that decision. Both schools are good schools. (Ahem, Wilson's better...lol.) So she should be fine at Poly.