William Wells Brown Elementary School is just like every other elementary school you've seen. It has brightly colored walls and superior technology. However, there is one aspect of William Well Brown that does not align with the typical elementary school. William Wells Brown has the lowest test scores of all elementary schools in Kentucky. When I first heard of William Wells Brown and its reputation, I will admit that I envisioned a crumbling school near an economically underdeveloped area. This is not the case with William Wells Brown. While William Wells Brown is the primary elementary school for families in the "East End" of Lexington, a notoriously poor area in Lexington, the school is held to the same standards (financially, at least) as other elementary schools in Lexington. I was also shocked to find that, while the vast majority of the community still needed work, the community surrounding the school was actually improving financially and architecturally. This photo was from my first visit to William Wells Brown and I liked how it shows that the school looks like every other school. There are plenty of nice looking cars in the parking lot, the announcement sign is up to date, even the trees look taken care of. These are all things that I did not expect to find at William Wells Brown because of the preconceived notion I had that, because their test schools were bad, they must not have a very nice school. I plan on using this picture to break the stereotype that I believed and that I know other believe as well.
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