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| Black Middle Class Abandoning Public Schools |
| 2013-05-29 |
| h/t Instapundit Prince George’s County, Maryland stands out from the rest of the country in that it is among the most affluent majority-black counties in the US. But despite its uniqueness, it is quickly falling prey to a common trend—middle class parents are pulling their children out of public schools and putting them in private competitors that offer a better education. Am I correct in thinking that we're talking about government employees here? |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #19 Dunno about socialistic-ness; whilst stationed at beautiful NAS Pax River in 91-94, Daughter unit was in the Lexington Park school system; grades plummeted, fell in w/ wrong crowd, etc, etc. put her in a catholic School St. Mary's Rykken, grades got well, self esteem took off, happy ending. wasn't socialisticness, it was a pisspoor public skool system. (when we registered the kids, I was looking at the school district map behind the sup's desk; she came back and demanded to know what I was doing. told her, and she began to dress me down, cause it wasn't my right to know whenre the better skools in her district were. borderline racist I was! |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-05-29 23:19 |
| #18 Fatigue, charger. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-05-29 12:07 |
| #17 >>#15 Racists. Posted by: Nimble Spemble << Finally! I can't believe it took us fifteen posts to get to this response.:) |
| Posted by: charger 2013-05-29 11:07 |
| #16 This is Awesome! |
| Posted by: newc 2013-05-29 11:06 |
| #15 Racists. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2013-05-29 10:30 |
| #14 From what iv;e read about schools giving "Attendance" Not "Competence" awards, I wonder WHY it took so long to "Fail" Those schools. Not surprised, just wondering. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-05-29 10:29 |
| #13 "they had rodents in the classrooms, holes in the ceilings and walls, and horrendous filth in the bathrooms." Rodents in the classrooms = Science Biology Class Specimens Holes in the ceilings and walls = Just waiting for the skylight and windows to come in horrendous filth in the bathrooms = Senior level Biology class - Theme - Identify this Bio-hazard. Sounds like a very advanced school system. sarc off |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ulock8887 2013-05-29 10:27 |
| #12 This fall, the district reopened as a charter district. Lesson from Post-Katrina New Orleans. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-29 10:08 |
| #11 Even better if their teachers and administrators were yoked up and pulling too. It's one of the very few things Mao may have done right. Force the 'intellectuals' from the universities et al out to the fields for a season to work among the peasants. Given how the same class in this country is all for mandatory 'volunteer' community service among high school children, it could have applications here. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-29 10:02 |
| #10 A related issue: Though the Highland Park School District [Michigan] spent $19,634 per pupil in 2010-11, which was the highest in the state, district schools were so mismanaged that they had rodents in the classrooms, holes in the ceilings and walls, and horrendous filth in the bathrooms. In 2012, a financial review team appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder declared that the Highland Park school district was in a financial emergency. The district had spent millions more than it had received in revenue. There were accusations of mismanagement. Highland Park board member Robert Davis was charged with improperly spending more than $170,000 of school district money, on clothing, hotels and restaurant tabs, among other things. Ultimately, the state gave Highland Park more than $8 million in extra funding so that it could pay its bills. This fall, the district reopened as a charter district. Prior to being charterized, some district officials were blaming state legislators for a lack of funding. The Michigan PTA President also called for more money. At the same time, the district was spending nearly $20,000 per student — well over a quarter of a million per classroom — while the district shed nearly half of its students The previous teachers' contract shows that the district paid 100 percent of health care premiums while granting special favors for the union, like handing over district financial information, setting up an automatic payroll deduction for dues, and allowed the local president to spend half of his or her time working exclusively on union business. No Highland Park District school board member responded to a request for comment as to how the district could have spent so much while leaving the facilities in such disrepair. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-05-29 10:02 |
| #9 Glen and CF: BACK IN CHAINS! BACK IN CHAINS! ;-) |
| Posted by: Beseoker 2013-05-29 09:32 |
| #8 Heck - just a few days of bucking bails into the back of a pickup would do them wonders! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-05-29 09:29 |
| #7 Do you know how much it costs to pull a $325,000 John Deere and a 14 row planter out of a mud hole? That could be the best lesson these school kids could learn in their lives - get 'em out in that mudhole pulling and digging that equipment out. And then working the field by hand for a few days. Even better if their teachers and administrators were yoked up and pulling too. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2013-05-29 09:03 |
| #6 > Sadly, most private schools are no better. They'll get better as the extortion funded school system shrinks. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-29 09:00 |
| #5 Getting these kids out of public schools is the best news I've heard in a while. Sadly, most private schools are no better. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-05-29 08:45 |
| #4 As long as we're on the subject of "big tent" don't forget the agriculture and farm-chemical lobby and the tens of thousands of "poor farmers".... [who cannot get into the fields due to the wet planting season]. Do you know how much it costs to pull a $325,000 John Deere and a 14 row planter out of a mud hole ? Hello from fly-over. |
| Posted by: Beseoker 2013-05-29 08:39 |
| #3 In the Socialist Big Tent Program of the tribal alliances, unions are 'more equal' than blacks. Unions have been, are, and will continue to be a sure source of party funding. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-05-29 08:27 |
| #2 Am I correct in thinking that we're talking about government employees here? Posted by g(r)omgoru Yes, that would be the 12% who comprise nearly 40% of all gov't employees, but that's alright, you are still free to blame white flight with total impunity. |
| Posted by: Beseoker 2013-05-29 08:25 |
| #1 I expect the school subsidies system to be one of the "surprise" first things to go. The model creates all the same bad effects you get in state treatment rationing systems. If the state just replaced it with loans it would work a lot better. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-05-29 07:35 |