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I don't have children in the SLPS system and really the only way I keep up with the district is by reading various websites and watching the evening news.
That said, I do have some opinions.
If I was a city parent, I'd feel helpless. If I couldn't afford to send my kids to private school, I'd be scared to freaking death for my kids and their education...and their future.
The SLPS's are an embarrassment. Everybody involved with the district seems to be out for themselves...teachers, school board, mayor, everybody. All the while our kids are falling further behind, but who cares about them when there is stature, money and politics to attend to.
That said, I do have some opinions.
- Everyone involved with the district seems to love playing the blame game. All the problems are someone else's fault, or the fault of a previous administration.
- A school board that only has 2 members who have children actually attending the schools? Because she can afford it, one of the members actually has her kids shipped out of the city to attend school? Something's just not right about that.
- The school board is nothing more than a circus filled with players who are ineffective at best and are screwing over city school kids at worst.
- I believe lots of City parents are to blame for the state of our schools. The staff in our public schools are not babysitters and they aren't a substitute for good parenting. Parents need to step up and take responsibility for their children.
- We need to stop worrying about how we got into the mess we're in and start implementing solutions to fix things. Yes, look to the past to see what we've done wrong, but LEARN from the past, stop the infighting and come together and start fixing things.
If I was a city parent, I'd feel helpless. If I couldn't afford to send my kids to private school, I'd be scared to freaking death for my kids and their education...and their future.
The SLPS's are an embarrassment. Everybody involved with the district seems to be out for themselves...teachers, school board, mayor, everybody. All the while our kids are falling further behind, but who cares about them when there is stature, money and politics to attend to.
1 comments:
By
GO-GIRL, at
9:06 PM
i can assure you that most teachers are not "out for themselves." i was a parent of two kids in the SLPS for 14 years. my experience is that there are quite a few great teachers, many good teachers, and yes, some really awful teachers. my husband is a teacher in the SLPS and has been for 30 years! believe me, he is not "out for himself." my older son graduated from SLPS, but at that point i had to confess that "enough is enough!" my younger child is now in a private school (for the last 2-1/2 years). this was not an easy decision financially (remember, my husband is a SLPS teacher!) but we have not regretted our decision!