This is exactly why I favor returning control of the school districts BACK to the States, then the counties/regions, and then finally the towns again...
I sure am glad I have the opportunity to homeschool...
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While definitely an improvement it is not a solution.
Even if a school district was the size of a suburban subdivision block there is no possible way to reconcile the political, cultural, and religious differences of the various families on that block. In essence, some of the families on that block would have their values upheld by the government school and others would have them destroyed by the government.
There is a fundamental conflict between compulsory attendance/compulsory funded government schools and freedom of conscience, and every protection found in our First Amendment.
1) There is no such thing as a religiously neutral school. No matter what the government school decides it will establish the religious beliefs of some and trash those of others.
2) Once in the school children are ordered by the government to shut up.
3) They are ordered by the government not to publish.
4) They can not freely associate, but are instead ordered by the government to associate with people of the government´s choosing.
5) And,,,they are forbidden by the government any right to freely express or practice their religion.
All of the above are human rights violations and would be true even if school districts were the size of one city block.