Monday - January 31, 2005

Is It About Money?  Or Teaching Kids?

You decide when you read this. And, of course, Californicators are involved.  What else is new?

A parent gets a note from the school saying their child has missed too many days and the parent is subject to a hearing and possible fines or jail.  No warnings.  Just a letter saying parent and child must attend a meeting.  Therein they find a DA and a cop with a holstered weapon.  At this meeting they are told that truancy costs the district money (among other things.)

So parents are a bit perturbed to all of a sudden be getting these letters.  Is it about actually teaching the kids or making money for the schools?

The “attendance improvement” program administrator said this:

when I started this program, which has become my passion, it’s about kids getting to school, getting fed, getting health care, getting their vision checked, getting their hearing checked, having counseling, getting their two meals a day and getting their education.

You got that, right? get them there, feeding them, medicating them, fix their eyes, make sure they can hear, counsel them, feed them again AND THEN EDUCATE THEM--if there’s any time left over, I guess!

MAN!!!  Am I glad getting a education made the list!!  Aren’t you! 

Now you know why I hate education bureaucrats!!

Posted by Ranting Right Wing Howler     on 01/31/2005 at 06:19 AM   
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