Fwd: Responding to yesterday's election

From: Thomas Jr., Landon Sent: 11/10/2016 10:55:01 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein [[email protected]] Subject: Fwd: Responding to yesterday's election Importance: — High Look what has happened to your borough.. a Forwarded message ---------- From: Dr. Bruce L. Dennis <j Date: Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 10:14 AM Subject: Responding to yesterday's election To: Dear Packer Families, Like many of you, I am writing this message on very little sleep. Last night was like no other in our political memory, defying the predictions of the most erudite pundits and political prognosticators. Today, we are spending a great deal of time unpacking the election results with our students across the three divisions — during morning meeting and throughout the day in Lower School classrooms, in Middle School advisories, during Upper School Community time, as well as in many individual classroom conversations. I write to assure you that we will do our best to handle these discussions with balance, sensitivity, and fairness. Given that last week's mock election among Packer’s Upper School students showed that over 80% favored Secretary Clinton, I don’t think it’s a huge leap to assume that there was more disappointment than joy in Packer households as results unfolded last night. At the same time, there are certainly Packer families who support Mr. Trump and are pleased with this outcome. As a school community, we have an obligation to recognize that there will be a broad array of feelings generated by the election results, and it is our responsibility as a school to make space for these feelings to be expressed thoughtfully and compassionately, as well as to model the tolerance and acceptance of difference that are among our core values. No doubt, we have our work cut out for us, but Iam confident in the good that we can do as a community. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033189