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My kids were both “chronically absent” this year. We pulled them out for a vacation in February, but aside from that, it was a combination of factors:

— The school didn’t seem to care much about it for the two years they only provided instruction four days a week or sometimes much less.
— We got sick of the school telling us they aren’t helping individual students catch up while exasperatedly throwing up their hands in surrender because “everyone is behind!”
— Kids who go to the “nurse” for ANYTHING are immediately sent home and aren’t allowed back until they go to their doctor and get a COVID “attestation form” signed verifying they tested negative.

I could go on and on, but I won’t.

 

Trump-appointed judge gives a 'break' to Jan. 6 rioter at sentencing

 

With a kid about to enter kindergarten in an underperforming school, we’re essentially planning on sending him to public school but supplementing with outside sources. My wife’s family luckily all have masters or doctorates in education and/or curriculum planning, so we can put together a plan. Heaven help anyone without resources at this point.

 

Guns, A Wealth Tax And War On Regulators: What We’re Watching On SCOTUS’s Docket Next Term

 

We’ve been trying to get “resources” for our autistic son for 18 months and counting.

The school will not accept the literal reams of data we have from doctors, hospitals, social workers, etc., that say he needs additional support desperately, because they “observed” him for a few hours once and he seemed fine.

 

Opinion: Moms for Liberty may be new to US politics, but their strategy isn’t | CNN

 

Politics or the economy? Politics or the economy? Politics or the economy?

 

David Sirota in my opinion is not a reliable source of information. That said, the US economy is so large and so diffuse an entity that statistics exist to bolster if not exactly validate ANY opinion on economic conditions.

 

not disclosing my child's condition but we have been forced to be persistent with the school.

Sometimes in those environments the squeaky wheel doesn't get the grease.

Found a way to meet with the principal about bullying issues and there we were able to hold a larger discussion, and now we are under one sky. Only took two years.

I am not sympathetic but I get the feeling these school folks are more burned out than anybody could ever know.

 

I think he's right about these headlines.

The default setting for these pieces is always "horserace."

 

The pundits pointing to “record growth” in a high-inflation atmosphere are being completely dishonest.

 

The schools have enough money. I know schools in underperforming districts that are beautiful, well-conceived structures loaded with new, cool stuff. This isn't "Savage Inequalities" America like it was in the 1980s.

Much of the public school culture is broken. The GOP does nothing but rip public schools, Democrats react with fierce loyalty, there's an unusual focus on a handful of hot button socio-political matters and not nearly enough on how to learn stuff, teachers aren't empowered to stand up to parents or their principals, school districts are run by higher ed philosophies in the form of superintendents who use school districts as resume builders...the culture is broken.