Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Kamala Harris [View all]MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)in a poor district I was very active in being sure that the students were in school as required by law. If several attempts to assure the attendance was maintained by the parents were not successful, I had the legal right and responsibility to bring charges against the parents of the absent children.
Yes, it was being done against the poorer families in the community - because they were the ones having less respect for the notion that education is a benefit for the future success of the children.
It was a tool to provide better chances for success for the future for the kids - not a means of "punishing" the poor in the community. If the parents were afraid of getting fined - they tended to be more concerned with getting their children to school.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden