A mother whose child attended the International Community School, a DeKalb County charter school serving refugee and immigrant children as well as local kids, said she learned many things in the past four years.
Among the lessons listed by parent Patti Ghezzi in a MyAJC.com column:
-A student sharing photos of her Iraqi village destroyed by ISIS is devastating not just because the hometown she just returned from is in ruins, but because she shows the photos in such a casual way.
-Refugee children have nightmares about Donald Trump kicking them out of the communities they call home.
-It stings when someone calls your school a “crappy Title 1 school.”
-It stings worse when someone says your school is terrible because parents don’t value education.
To learn more about Ghezzi's experiences at one of Georgia's most diverse and unique schools, go to the AJC Get Schooled blog.
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