Written by Vivi Smilgius
"The highest concentration of Asian students in the district is in the Baker School, where more than a third of students identify as Asian .
Katy Moy, a Chinese American music teacher at the school, helped organize a lunchtime affinity group for Asian students in middle school. The group meets weekly and has nearly quadrupled in the three years since it was founded.
The affinity group is a testament to the need for such a space within the school, Moy said.
'The first year we started, one student said, ‘I’ve been here since kindergarten, but I never felt like I could talk about being Asian at school.’ That hit me hard,' she said."
