Diversity… Parents are struggling with how to explain current events to their children. Lafayette Partners in Education (LPIE) has joined our District leadership in its commitment to bringing “meaningful cultural understanding and respect for diversity, including most importantly racial diversity, into each of our classrooms.” 

Below are the resources provided by LafSD Superintendent, Richard Whitmore, and AUHSD Superintendent, John Nickerson, to help us all tackle these very difficult conversations, which you may be having with your children:

https://www.tolerance.org/moment/racism-and-police-violence

https://www.usatoday.com/.../how-talk-kids.../5288065002/

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2020/01/20/mlk-day-race-justice