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Small world.

I didn't get out of school until 9pm this evening.

Parent tours for next year's incoming students.

I'm otherwise pretty sure you could tour the school here, but prob'ly not interrupting classes.

However I often meet with parents on campus right after school gets out.


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Originally Posted by Just a Hunter
A sorry state. My kids are in public elementary schools and we can go have lunch with them and go sit in on a glass too if we want.

I can do the same any time I wish as well. And the teachers are always open and willing to have parent helpers in the classroom, playground, field trips etc...of course hardly any ever show up for this, as it makes it easier to bitch how the schools are all [bleep] up.

Ask most any teacher and they'll tell you the lack of cooperation, communication, and follow thru on the parents part is the biggest obstacle they face.

Maybe some of you oughta go spend a day on your local high school campus. You'd be appalled at the kids behavior and sense of entitlement. Where do you think that's learned?


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Originally Posted by ConradCA
A large part of the decline of our schools can be traced to the rise of progressive fascism. They use the schools to indoctrinate children and thereby creating new progressive fascist voters.

A core goal of progressive fascism it the destruction of individualism and replacing it with government. The people don't need to have weapons the police will defend them. It's even so bad that no one can bring pictures of guns into schools because they are "against every form of violence". I wonder how long it will take till they start burning the books with pictures of guns or that tell about guns used in war?


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My last principal decided the only way to obey the laws was to keep all parents and grandparents out of the building. He had to choose between common sense and idiotic rules.


OTOH one of our local feeder middle schools has had two stabbings occur in the parking lot in the years I've been where I am. But it weren't the kids responsible......

In both cases it was altercations between parents crazy

The same place where the principal was wearing a bullet proof vest for a period of time while on after-school duty outside the school due to credible threats.

We recently had an ex-con parent brandish a handgun in the neighborhood when his kid was caught at vandalism by a property owner, everyone knows it happened, complainants were too scared to take it further. Same guy is said to be obliging his teenage niece to turn tricks, can't prove that either.

What would one do if parents like THAT expected to just up and walk around on campus?

Can't keep 'em out on suspicion.

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I have been impressed how my three son's did well in multiple schools in the US and abroad. Resilience. I have no idea how it might have been with a daughter though I know many expats, non-US, (hint there) that had their's do fine.


Considering most non-US are socialists to begin with, it would make sense that they would have no problems doing whatever the government says.


Where have you lived/worked outside the US to offer an experienced view? One without child and only recently without wife...


You're right, WTF do I know. Though I'd lay off the parent thing, since you obviously ain't been around for a bunch of it, though I'm sure your kids are all the better for it.


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Now, that comes across as rather snarky.


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Originally Posted by Steelhead
EXACTLY why government needs to be OUT of schools. Seems as if most places the majority of property taxes are for schools. Screw that.

You want the little bastards, you pay for the little bastards.


EXACTLY

I was in private school for 9 years... when we moved to teh country there was no choice.

I did not see the same education topics we had in 8th, until I was in the 12th of public. It was a sad public education for the most part...


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not sure how things are done in places other than Florida, but here, for public schools, you pretty much go where you are zoned to go, by where you live.
They don't have much reason to help you make a decision, since where you live decides where your child goes to school.
Colleges, both public and private, are different, as are private k-12 schools. They have to compete for students, and are more accomodating.


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Originally Posted by Mannlicher
not sure how things are done in places other than Florida, but here, for public schools, you pretty much go where you are zoned to go, by where you live.
They don't have much reason to help you make a decision, since where you live decides where your child goes to school.
Colleges, both public and private, are different, as are private k-12 schools. They have to compete for students, and are more accomodating.


Sucks to be in FL. In Colorado you can choice into any school into the state.


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