maybe your children are beasts, rude, disrespectful and sex obsessed... I've got 4 children in in the public schools here in Texas, including High school, middle school, intermediate school and elementary school.
They recite the Pledge of Allegiance, Pledge of Allegiance to Texas Flag, had Christmas decorations allowed and have been visited by members of the Armed Forces whose kids are in the schools. Discipline is tight and there are officers in the high school, intermediate and middle school.
The high school is a 5-A school and most of the college profs send their kids here. Unfortunately getting in the top 10% of the senior class in grades and SAT's is harder than heck because of the "non-black, non-Hispanic" minorities that dominate the Math, Science, Robotic clubs... there are numerous AP and Honors courses with pretty hard emphasis on performance.
There are "fights" and "drugs" like all large schools but I know where my kids are and who there friends are. I don't tolerate any "crap" from high school "friends" and my kids and their friends know that I'm very predictable... they don't get away with anything and if they're caught they'll never see my house or kids again....until they're 18 and in college.
I don't expect the schools to raise my kids and I chose this area of the country to live specifically because of the level of education and conservative population in general. I'd rather work as a landscaper in Texas than a CEO of a Fortune 500 company in San Francisco. Why would I put precious gems in pig sh#t? My kids and family are the most important things in my life and I'm lucky enough to be able to live almost anywhere and work.
I chose Texas. 'nuff said.
Great post. I agree and parent the same as you.