Toronto's First Afrocentric School Only Has 8 Students So Far!!!

Whether or not an Afrocentric school should be erected has been in issue in Toronto for quite some time now. The decision to go ahead & open one has not garnered much support. There isn't an overwhelming amount of students enrolling at the school. In fact,only 8 students have enrolled thus far!I don't think that a school can really teach culture.It doesn't matter if it's an all-black faculty teaching a curriculum from a black perspective. The parents have to instill that sense of pride into their children.I don't think segregration is the answer here. Here's more from the National Post:

"Toronto’s first Afrocentric public school has enrolled only eight students so far, a sign, according to one critic, that support for the controversial concept was never widespread.
The Toronto District School Board said there must be at least two consecutive grades of 20 students each in order for the school to open its doors in September. The JK-to-Grade-5 school will be housed in an existing elementary school in North York.
The enrollment drive kicked off three weeks ago, and board officials say they have until the end of February to meet the minimum size, although a principal is to be hired next month.
Trustee Josh Matlow (pictured), a vocal critic of the plan, maintains most black parents in Toronto want not an Afrocentric school, but a board-wide curriculum that better reflects all students."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/12/12/few-students-yet-for-afrocentric-school.aspx