时代周刊:一所特许学校的种族争议（2）

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To Mystic Valley, this new criterion seemed like an attempt to impose race consciousness on a proudly egalitarian school.

对神秘谷来说，这个新标准似乎是试图将种族意识强加给一所自豪的平等主义学校。

When administrators¹ expressed concerns that its charter was incompatible² with the new cultural standards, the state insisted there was no issue.

当行政人员表示，其宪章与新的文化标准不兼容时，该州坚称没有问题。

Yet in May, when regulators conducted an interim³ performance review, they informed the school that it was only "partially⁴ conducive⁵ to learning” because of its approach to culture and identity.

然而，今年5月，监管机构进行了一项中期绩效评估，他们通知该学院，由于其对待文化和身份认同的方式，该校“只对学习有部分帮助”。

A draft report issued in September marked the school as not fully⁶ meeting the new standard.

今年9月发布的一份报告草案表明该校并未完全达到新标准。

Mystic Valley has sued the state over the cultural responsiveness criteria⁷, which it fears could put its charter in jeopardy⁸.

神秘谷已经就文化响应标准起诉了该州，它担心这可能会危及其宪章。

Such reviews are supposed to be unbiased and free of outside influence.

这样的审查应该是公正的，不受外界影响的。

But according to a trove⁹ of emails the school obtained through a public-records law suit, DESE employees were secretly coordinating¹⁰ with the school's critics, including the Henrys, the NAACP and local racial-justice activists¹¹ unconnected to the school.

但学校通过公共档案诉讼获得的大量电子邮件显示，DESE的员工暗中与批评学校的人合作，包括亨利夫妇、NAACP和与学校无关的当地种族正义活动人士。

The critics appeared to strategize with the state officials to go after Mystic Valley.

批评人士似乎与州政府官员一起制定了针对神秘谷的策略。

In their emails, the activists advocated a "stealth approach,” using "cloak and dagger” tactics.

在他们的电子邮件中，这些活动人士主张悄无声息的行动方式，即采用秘密行动的策略。

And DESE went along, adding employees to the review team who were concerned about the school's racial climate, then deliberately¹² delaying the review for months to allow parents to submit official complaints.

DESE赞同此方式，将担心学校种族氛围的员工加入到审查小组，然后故意将审查推迟数月，以便家长提交正式的投诉。

When none materialized, the department created informal focus groups that they packed with the same complaining activists, then incorporated the groups' feedback into its report, the documents show.

文件显示，当这些都没有实现时，该部门成立了非正式的焦点小组，由相同的抱怨活动人士组成，然后将这些小组的反馈纳入报告。

In another email, Stroud praised the activists for their work to "help expose Mystic Valley.”

斯特劳德在另一封电子邮件中赞扬了这些活动人士“帮助揭露神秘谷”的举动。

(DESE declined to comment, citing the school's pending¹³ lawsuit¹⁴.

(DESE以学校未决诉讼为由拒绝置评。

The state attorney general's office is also reviewing complaints of alleged¹⁵ racial discrimination at Mystic Valley, according to a spokeswoman.)

据一名发言人表示，州检察长办公室也在审查有关神秘谷涉嫌种族歧视的投诉。）

Other parents at the school, many of them working-class people of color who see it as their child's best chance at success, are disturbed by the conflict.

这所学校的其他家长，其中许多是工人阶级的有色人种，他们认为该校是他们孩子成功的最好机会，并对这场冲突感到不安。

Many are terrified Mystic Valley will be forced to close.

许多人担心神秘谷将被迫关闭。

"We have always been evaluated with flying colors,” says Alex Dan, the school's director, a former English teacher and swimming coach.

“我们一直受到好评，”该校校长、前英语教师和游泳教练亚历克斯·丹 (Alex Dan) 说。

But now, "there's this vague mandate¹⁶ to follow a new approach that we feel is the opposite of what's made us so successful as a school and wonderful as a country.”

但现在，“有一项模糊的任务，要求我们采取一种新的方法，但我们觉得，这种方法与我们的学校如此成功、国家如此美好的原因恰恰相反。” 

1 administrators   

n.管理者( administrator的名词复数 )；有管理（或行政）才能的人；（由遗嘱检验法庭指定的）遗产管理人；奉派暂管主教教区的牧师

参考例句：

• He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself. 他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。 来自辞典例句
• Administrators have their own methods of social intercourse. 办行政的人有他们的社交方式。 来自汉英文学 - 围城

2 incompatible   

adj.不相容的，不协调的，不相配的

参考例句：

• His plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。
• Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible.速度和安全未必不相容。

3 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

4 partially   

adv.部分地，从某些方面讲

参考例句：

• The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
• The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。

5 conducive   

adj.有益的，有助的

参考例句：

• This is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.这样的氛围更有利于学习。
• Exercise is conducive to good health.体育锻炼有助于增强体质。

6 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

7 criteria   

n.标准

参考例句：

• The main criterion is value for money.主要的标准是钱要用得划算。
• There are strict criteria for inclusion in the competition.参赛的标准很严格。

8 jeopardy   

n.危险；危难

参考例句：

• His foolish behaviour may put his whole future in jeopardy.他愚蠢的行为可能毁了他一生的前程。
• It is precisely at this juncture that the boss finds himself in double jeopardy.恰恰在这个关键时刻，上司发现自己处于进退两难的境地。

9 trove   

n.被发现的东西，收藏的东西

参考例句：

• He assembled a rich trove of Chinese porcelain.他收集了一批中国瓷器。
• The gallery is a treasure trove of medieval art.这个画廊是中世纪艺术的宝库。

10 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

11 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

13 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

14 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

15 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

16 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。