RE: #3:
So. In order to save those who are disadvantaged by having utterly worthless parents, you endorse forcing those who come from caring households to waste another year of their young lives exposed to hopeless cases.
Give them breakfast, lunch and, yes, even dinner.
How about yanking them out of their dysfunctional homes, sterilizing their parents and placing them in orphanages?
It makes just as much sense as creating another federally edicted year of schooling .
It becomes clear as to which side of the line you stand.
My kids go to private school and there is the home school option.
But you with your attitude are protecting the fortunate from the unfortunate and condemning the unfortunate to floundering in their mess. Weren’t you the one that recently pointed out to me that Jesus ate with tax collectors and prostitutes? Is it correct to simply condemn the unfortunate as hopeless?
Actually, my recommendation is to make urban areas very business friendly so that anyone who wants a job can find one and thereby bring hope back into the equation. You realize, of course, that a lot of these awful problems are exacerbated by a devastated economy.