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City kids, suburban schools (1/4 of Seattle Kids Fleeing Public Schools)
Seattle Times ^ | September 6, 2006 | Emily Heffter

Posted on 09/06/2006 10:05:36 AM PDT by Ben Mugged

West Seattle High School seemed too violent and private school seemed too elitist, so Barbara Tippett looked across the water to find the right school for her son, Sky.

Starting this morning, his first day of high school, Tippett will drop off Sky at the Fauntleroy ferry dock to catch the 6:45 boat to Vashon Island. He won't be alone. About 75 Seattle kids commute the same way every day — filling two school buses that shuttle them from the Vashon dock to the island's three public schools.

The rural, 550-student Vashon Island High School meets Sky Tippett's criteria of a "real high school." And Barbara Tippett likes the socioeconomic diversity of a public school without the problems she sees at some of Seattle's.

"I found they're much too violent," she said. "I have safety concerns for a freshman boy going into a public high school."

Seattle Public Schools faces a funding crisis that is tied largely to its falling enrollment — half what it was in the 1960s — and is closing school buildings to cut costs. Families are leaving Seattle in search of cheaper housing, while many of those who remain send their kids to the suburbs for school.

~snip~ A Seattle superintendent's committee appointed last year to study the 47,000-student district's financial crisis said enrollment is falling partly because of a lack of public confidence. Similarly sized districts across the country have seen the middle class flee their public schools, and the state's open-enrollment policy — ~snip~ could make it affordable for more middle-class families to leave.

Already, about a quarter of school-age children in Seattle — some 15,000 — choose not to attend public schools. Most of them go to private or parochial schools, while nearly 1,000 enroll in surrounding districts.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: diversity; homeschools; privateschools; publicschools; religiousschools
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Sky?
1 posted on 09/06/2006 10:05:39 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
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To: Ben Mugged
Sky?

There's gotta be a trust fund involved here.

2 posted on 09/06/2006 10:08:12 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("An empty limousine pulled up and Hillary Clinton got out")
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To: Ben Mugged

Sister is White Cloud. Also has brothers Running Deer and Two Dogs.


3 posted on 09/06/2006 10:08:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin ("The entire remedy is with the people." - W. H. Harrison)
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To: Ben Mugged

I love it. The metrosexualization of boys (the product of our culture and public school system), may actually be a contributing factor in the demise of the public school system. "Its just too rough for my little boy , Sky !"


4 posted on 09/06/2006 10:08:46 AM PDT by samadams2000 (Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
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To: Ben Mugged
Sky?

Hopefully short for 'Schuyler'.

5 posted on 09/06/2006 10:09:04 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Ben Mugged
And Barbara Tippett likes the socioeconomic diversity of a public school

BS.

She likes the price.

6 posted on 09/06/2006 10:11:09 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Ben Mugged

Seattle continues to reap the liberal seeds it plants and fertilizes every day. Liberals have really screwed up a beautiful city.


7 posted on 09/06/2006 10:11:24 AM PDT by caisson71
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To: Ben Mugged

Anyone remember Sky King?


8 posted on 09/06/2006 10:12:09 AM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: Ben Mugged

http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/sky-king.htm


9 posted on 09/06/2006 10:13:10 AM PDT by TommyDale (Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
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To: Ben Mugged; sionnsar

Bump & ping


10 posted on 09/06/2006 10:14:06 AM PDT by rockrr (Never argue with a man who buys ammo in bulk...)
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To: samadams2000

Metro's steal the good 20 year women from me :(


11 posted on 09/06/2006 10:14:08 AM PDT by wastedyears
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Anyone remember Sky King?

Yes but he never caught the Fauntleroy ferry to Vashon Island.

12 posted on 09/06/2006 10:14:33 AM PDT by Ben Mugged
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To: Mr. Mojo

Nope.....I'll bet his mom was a tree-humpin' hippee


13 posted on 09/06/2006 10:25:31 AM PDT by killermedic (Time to thaw out "The Duke!")
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14 posted on 09/06/2006 10:34:48 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: Ben Mugged
Tippett likes the socioeconomic diversity of a public school without the problems she sees at some of Seattle's.

My guess is the empasis is on the -economic diversity, and much less on the socio- , if she's fleeing violence.

15 posted on 09/06/2006 10:39:00 AM PDT by AbeKrieger (Liberals are the Mongol herds destroying America from within.)
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To: Ben Mugged
Yay for naming your children after random objects. w00t.

(yes peoples, i am still alive)

16 posted on 09/06/2006 11:25:52 AM PDT by 4mycountry (Now that's just freaking freaky.)
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To: 4mycountry

Also happening in Portland, OR, which has become a homo/metro/sexual enclave. Less kids, less funding, tons of overpaid administraters = crisis. Soon they will be trying to eliminate property tax funding for Oregon schools en toto, so that everyone in Oregon can pay for bloated unions, administrative staff and oversized pensions.


17 posted on 09/06/2006 11:34:25 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: Ben Mugged

This integration thing sure has worked well hasn't it?


18 posted on 09/06/2006 12:21:44 PM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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To: Ben Mugged
I have to think someone who's named their little darling Sky & talks about socioeconomic diversity helped create the problem she's removing her own kid from. If people were forced to sit in the nests they helped create, they might learn something & stop trying to create the unworkable based on silly Utopian ideals.
19 posted on 09/06/2006 12:58:09 PM PDT by GoLightly
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To: wastedyears

I've had ENOUGH!! OK, I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui.

" Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, transsexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual - bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture Wars, the Retrosexual movement.

The Code :

A Retrosexual man, no matter what the women insists, PAYS FOR THE DATE.

A Retrosexual man opens doors for a lady. Even for the ones that fit that term only because they are female.

A Retrosexual DEALS with IT, be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you DEAL WITH IT.

A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

A Retrosexual does not use more hair or skin products than a woman. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. Retrosexuals need an endcap (possibly 2 endcaps if you include shaving goods.)

A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be. This falls under the "Dealing with IT" portion of The Code.

A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "*****" in the title. Example..."***** Eye for the Straight Guy" *The censor took care of this 'un...

A Retrosexual does not let neighbors screw up rooms in his house on national TV.

A Retrosexual should not give up excessive amounts of manliness for women. Some is inevitable, but major reinvention of yourself will only lead to you becoming a froo-froo little puss, and in the long run, she ain't worth it.

A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak treechipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city, favorite bird dog expiring, etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH IT. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you.



A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie -- and ONLY a Windsor knot.

A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can -- or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a Retrosexual may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is cussing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a Retrosexual can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

When a Retrosexual is on a crowded bus and or a commuter train, and a pregnant woman, heck, any woman gets on, that Retrosexual stands up and offers his seat to that woman, then looks around at the other so-called men still in their seats with a disgusted "you punks" look on his face.

A Retrosexual knows how to say the Pledge properly, and with the correct emphasis and pronunciation. He also knows the words to the Star Spangled Banner

A Retrosexual will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged or in a serious healthy relationship - i. e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A Retrosexual man can drive in snow (heck, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride in a snow bank.

A Retrosexual man can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. Wherever it lands is where he darn well wanted it to land.

A Retrosexual will give up his seat on a bus to not only any women but any elderly person or person in military dress (except 2nd Lt's) NOTE: The person in military dress may turn down the offer but the Retrosexual man will ALWAYS make the offer to them and thank them for serving their country.

A Retrosexual man doesn't need a contract -- a handshake is good enough. He will always stand by his word even if circumstances change or the other person deceived him.

A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT !


20 posted on 09/06/2006 2:21:34 PM PDT by The SISU kid (Someday someone may kill you with your own gun, but they should have to beat you to death with it be)
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