"regardless of your take"
I'm not sure you are sure of my take on this.
As for the schools--they have been a problem for 40-50 years now. But so have parents. All I have to do is look around me--in the neighborhoods, around the local school grounds, in the malls and on the streets.
I have raised kids of my own and have had all kinds of experiences of having kids in schools.
The right training begins at home, and SHOULD continue at school, with parents working closely with the schools and making aboslutely sure that they are involved and that they have some clout about what goes on in their kid's school.
Of course, this is the ideal and unfortunately, this hasn't happened, nor has it even come close.
There certainly is a need for parent accountability. I see that as a vital part of the picture.
I am basically a contractor. I was contacted by a community college about teaching a class that they could not find a qualified "teacher" for. I informed the director of student services that there would be guidelines in the classes, there would be a grade scale, and that there would be a dress code, and there would be a code of conduct and he gets all red in the face and begins blurting about students rights. I figure that those who can do, and those who cant teach. Since I am one who does, and not one who teaches, I bid him AMF.
Oh, I forgot to add, that is why I said regardless. I dont care what your take is, it doesnt matter. Regardless of whose "fault" this is, all the finger pointing in the world is not going to change the fact that the kids from that school will be running for city council some day, holding community positions, and telling the people in their communities of San Antonio how they should be living their lives. If that doesnt scare some common sense into the people of the community, then they will have to live with what they have created.