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liberal_at_heart

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44. not allowed as in being attacked for saying anything bad about our current system

Thu Nov 15, 2012, 02:58 AM

Nov 2012

but I will not shut up. I will not stop. Our public school system is failing our kids and we must change it. AND NO I'M NOT SAYING CHARTERS ARE THE ANSWER. I DON'T THINK CHARTERS ARE THE ANSWER. But that doesn't mean there aren't other, better answers out there.

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child with Fragile X takes 45 minute bus ride to school [View all] liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 OP

It is outrageous. LaydeeBug Nov 2012 #1

oh, wow liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #9

Right; somehow school administrators seem to have lost their ability to REASON. elleng Nov 2012 #2

"administrators", exactly liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #4

yeah, they're all irrational monsters. their inability to respond to every parents' concerns can't HiPointDem Nov 2012 #32

No thanks for suggesting I said they are all 'irrational monsters;' elleng Nov 2012 #38

"somehow school administrators seem to have lost their ability to REASON." where's the qualifier? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #41

In our area, districts have cut to the bone and a request like this may be sluffed off simply Brickbat Nov 2012 #3

I live in an affluent area with lots of local taxes liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #5

well, kent has taken budget cuts in 2010-11 and 2011-12. 110 positions in 2011-12. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #28

My school district had 11 towns in it and one high school. bluedigger Nov 2012 #18

Most school systems offer no systems for the redress of grievances Major Nikon Nov 2012 #6

baloney. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #8

it's not baloney in my school district liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #11

Link? Kent ain't that big; 45 minutes would get you into seattle. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #7

It was a story on King 5 news liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #10

I KNEW it was "Get Jesse!" Suich Nov 2012 #15

here's a map of the district. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #16

it may be that that one particular school has a program liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #22

It may be, as I acknowleged. But it's still only 30 minutes from one end of the district to the HiPointDem Nov 2012 #26

This is why I have had to spend ten's of thousands on an Educational Lawyer over the past 5 years Throckmorton Nov 2012 #12

I'm sorry you are having to go to such extremes liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #13

Do the parents have a car? LeftyMom Nov 2012 #14

It is not the same for children with special needs liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #17

Well somebody's watching him until they put him on the bus. LeftyMom Nov 2012 #19

That's not the point liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #20

they were already busing him to school; the parents didn't like the new route. they made a fuss HiPointDem Nov 2012 #24

it's a 4 year old. would you put your 4 year old special needs kid on a bus? and if the new route HiPointDem Nov 2012 #21

My autistic son rode the school bus to school when he was four liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #23

well, since the new route only takes 10 minutes, it's pretty close, i presume. if the bus stop is HiPointDem Nov 2012 #25

wow sounds like a lot of people are happy with the status quo liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #27

I think the story doesn't make sense. And when it doesn't make sense, there's something they're HiPointDem Nov 2012 #29

Then enroll your child in a charter school and pay for it with your own money argiel1234 Nov 2012 #36

This is yet another example of why we need to fund our public schools properly. SheilaT Nov 2012 #30

thank you liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #31

where do you see the "democratic community" rejecting you? education *is* a hot issue now. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #33

I cannot know what the original poster was actually thinking. SheilaT Nov 2012 #37

How about looking at 3+ years of funding cuts, the loss of over 100 positions, sports, arts and HiPointDem Nov 2012 #46

The obvious answer is to destroy the public school system argiel1234 Nov 2012 #34

Yes, it's perfectly clear, that's the only answer to such terrible neglect. A lot of people in Kent HiPointDem Nov 2012 #35

+10000 argiel1234 Nov 2012 #40

Please tell me the details of your special needs child and please tell me Luminous Animal Nov 2012 #39

I never said I think private school would address my child's needs liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #47

you people amaze me liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #42

not allowed? were your posts hidden or something? HiPointDem Nov 2012 #43

not allowed as in being attacked for saying anything bad about our current system liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #44

You seem to mistake discussion, criticism and other people having an opinion different from yours HiPointDem Nov 2012 #45

The bus driver MrYikes Nov 2012 #48

if funding will solve the problem then let's make that a priority liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #49

Are the buses public or private, I wonder. My Good Babushka Nov 2012 #50

In Atlanta, they put a school bus stop in front of a strip club. Iris Nov 2012 #51