[Conspiracy Guy]

Here in the backwards south you can get booted in a heartbeat. We don't allow no BS here. Except in the innercity schools that drain money and produce laborers. Birmingham public schools have a program called "Just Show Up" because absentees hurts dey money. "Just Show Up" what an inspiration to be somebody. Just Pooooooot

[xsmommy]

the computer geek got the gremlins out of my computer.

[Gabz]

That's one of the reasons we wanted out of dover - hubby refused to allow his daughter to wind up in the same "day care" center (as he referred to the local district) as he himself had endured.

I also saw, through my niece, what happens to the kids that do excel, they are given token 'advanced' classes and allowed to get bored. The premise being the district will get more money if it looks like they are filled with under/non achieving students.

To me that is bass-ackwards - I would think they would want the high achievers to promote what a great school they are and encourag others to attend, thus increasing their funding. But what do I know, I'm a product of Catholic schools?

[RikaStrom]

Except in the innercity schools that drain money and produce laborers. Birmingham public schools have a program called "Just Show Up" because absentees hurts dey money.

Well you could live here in Houston, where the scandal was that the school adminitrators changed the drop out codes to show a zero drop out rate for two schools and thereby earning a nice bonus.