05/12/2023
ONE Duncan would like to show its strong support for Dr. Byerly and our DPS school board in their pursuit of unity for our children and our community.
Change always hurts a little. But growth and improvement often require change.
With the adoption of one, district wide mascot, we are not losing our elementary school individuality, we are CHOOSING to focus on what unifies us.
ONE school.
ONE team.
ONE community.
Our parts aren’t greater than the whole.
The need for unity in our community is precisely why ONE Duncan was formed 8 years ago. Observations by parents, teachers and community members of separation, divisions, and barriers that are often unnoticed at the surface, but that deeply affect our students and community members.
Since then, we’ve seen many positive changes in our district by many groups.
But we have a ways to go.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that:
**If we are not purposefully, continuously practicing inclusivity and promoting relationships between us and our neighbors…..we are NOT united.**
Let’s not take our own perspective as fact. Ask others in different places and situations how they experience something. You might be surprised what you learn. We sure were.
This is how ONE Duncan began.
Tradition is important. But we will always choose community over tradition.
We are ONE Duncan!
