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We saw what happens when white families come into the school. What happens when they stay out?

Nice White Parents - Ep. 3: ‘This Is Our School, How Dare You?’

From cereal and the New York Times, this is Nice White Parents, episode three.

Renee Flowers was part of the first generation of students to walk in the door.

And you're talking about the building on Court Street.

I went to school there. It was nice. And it was brand new, you know, it was nice.

Were you nervous about going? Yeah. Well, your friends.

You know, all your friends went in neighborhood with them.

The Goanis neighborhood where Renee grew up and still lives, the housing projects,

three blocks away from the school. Renee went to IS293, graduated.

And she kept going back to the building to play handball, to vote, to attend graduations.

Renee coaches the neighborhood drill team and they'd perform at the school.

For years, she'd regularly go watch the basketball tournament.

Renee is in her 60s. She just retired from the post office.

The school has been a fixture for most of her life.

Actually, if you go on the Baltic Street entrance, the school safety sitting,

then when you walk after the into the building, the auditorium is right to your right.

As we're talking, she closes her eyes. She can see it.

Walk up a little more and turn left and another left that gym is right there.

Exactly where everything is the cafeteria.

Renee has a stack of old IS293 yearbooks in her apartment.

Even the year she wasn't a student there, she'll take the yearbooks out for

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0:00.0	From cereal and the New York Times, this is Nice White Parents, episode three.
0:05.0	I asked you in 1993, opened in 1968.
0:09.0	Renee Flowers was part of the first generation of students to walk in the door.
0:14.0	And you're talking about the building on Court Street.
0:17.0	I went to school there. It was nice. And it was brand new, you know, it was nice.
0:21.0	Were you nervous about going? Yeah. Well, your friends.
0:24.0	You know, all your friends went in neighborhood with them.
0:26.0	The Goanis neighborhood where Renee grew up and still lives, the housing projects,
0:31.0	three blocks away from the school. Renee went to IS293, graduated.
0:37.0	And she kept going back to the building to play handball, to vote, to attend graduations.
0:43.0	Renee coaches the neighborhood drill team and they'd perform at the school.
0:47.0	For years, she'd regularly go watch the basketball tournament.
0:50.0	Renee is in her 60s. She just retired from the post office.
0:55.0	The school has been a fixture for most of her life.
0:58.0	She knows every part of the building.
1:01.0	Actually, if you go on the Baltic Street entrance, the school safety sitting,
1:07.0	then when you walk after the into the building, the auditorium is right to your right.
1:10.0	As we're talking, she closes her eyes. She can see it.
1:14.0	Walk up a little more and turn left and another left that gym is right there.
1:17.0	Exactly where everything is the cafeteria.
1:19.0	Renee has a stack of old IS293 yearbooks in her apartment.
1:23.0	Even the year she wasn't a student there, she'll take the yearbooks out for
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Nice White Parents - Ep. 3: ‘This Is Our School, How Dare You?’

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