Political Polarization In Our School Community 

Contrary to the national trend of political polarization, Carver seems to have been mostly spared from being politically polarized and being subject to political hatred or split down in party politics. 

"I think people talk about politics, but more so they kind of make fun of the politics," Lamaj Kelly said. "I haven't seen serious outlooks on politics, not from the teachers nor the students."

The prevailing sentiment at Carver E&S is that politics is not something most of the student population wishes to remotely be involved in and almost none of our students see many political divisions within our school community and those who do don’t think people should be punished for their views. 

"I don't think that you're allowed to do that," said Sam Liu. "I mean, you could, but like, I wouldn't suggest it, or like, I don't think you you're like, I feel like we're too young to even like I mean, we could talk about it, but like, I don't think we should, like, take sides because we can't vote right now.“ 

Many people in the carver community want to avoid polarization and work together.

”We automatically have that disagreement and that disconnection because of the simple fact that we don't like the same things, but at the same time, like many people, don't like the same thing. So we should just learn to build together," Gindraw said.

The carver community, while mostly spared from political polarization, is mostly in agreement that they would not associate with the republican elements of our school building. 

“Oh, I'm against abortion rights, I mean, I'll look at you with a little bit of a side eye, but at the same time, I'm going to respect you, because that's your opinion, and that's what you believe in," Gindraw said. "Am I going to like, shun you and shame you because you believe in that. No, am I gonna look at you with a little bit of a side eye? Yes, but that's fine.”