Dear Glenridge Families,
The Glenridge PTO Board stands with our community, around
the Puget Sound and across the country, in outrage and grief at the murders of
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many other of our Black
community members.
The PTO supports Glenridge Elementary because we believe
that schools have a significant impact in the lives and health of kids and
communities. All of us - parents and families, teachers and staff, school
and district administrators – have a role to play in creating safe, enriching,
equitable schools where all kids can thrive. White members of our
community, in particular, must use their privilege to address racism and the
inequities in our schools that harm Black students and other students of
color.
In the coming days, Glenridge PTO will post educational
resources for parents on Black Lives Matter and other anti-racism topics on our
social media streams and purchase books that address these issues for our
school library and classrooms. Over the summer break, the Board will
identify ways we will partner with our school and the district to take action
on these issues, for next school year and the years beyond.
All Glenridge parents and families are members of the PTO,
and we need your conversation and engagement to best serve our school.
Please reach out to us at GlenridgePTO@gmail.com and stay connected at http://www.glenridgepto.org/
and https://www.facebook.com/glenridgepto/.
Sincerely,
The Glenridge PTO Board
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