Post in Why did Ericsson become Northrup Elementary?

Apr 29 13:37 UTC

I wish I knew why the school district and the city would not stand up for the
name of the school too!  My kids went to our beloved community school and I
later started working there.  Four years ago, it was determined that the
population had gotten so small there that it was to be closed (nevermind the
fact that many of us felt that the school boundaries had been slowly changed so
as to sqeeze us to nothing).  So, the powers that be decided to move Northrop
(an environmental magnet)into the building.  We fought to keep the name as it
only made sense since the school is in the Ericsson neighborhood but the
administration of the school district at the time listened to no one.
If you note some anger in my answer, then you are paying attention.  It just
kills me everyday that I see 4 different school buses come into this
neighborhood to take students in all different directions when we had a great
little community school a mile away.  Not only is it environmentally insane, it
keeps our neighborhood from being a true community.  It is something to pay
attention to in city and school politics.  Notice that the only schools that
have closed in the past 10 years have been community schools.  The community
schools that are left are horribly segregated with poor students of color.
Everyone on this email lists talks about how this neighborhood feels like a
small town and I would agree with the exception that we lack the center of
community, the school.