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More money is spent on K-12 education ( federal, state, and local) than is spent on the military. That’s a very big middle class entitlement! But,,,hey!,,,I like the way you phrase it, “Middle Class Welfare” and “free babysitting”.
You are right. There could be a murder a week in the halls and the schools would be full the next day.
The following is a true story:
The son of a friend of ours was attacked in the halls of his government school by a group of thugs. They broke his femur. He was in the Gifted and Talented program and I suppose these reprobates were jealous. The kids responsible got a slap on the wrist by the judge and were transfered to another school. Of course, the kids and parents at their new school were not warned ( probably not the teachers either) that thugs had arrived.
I asked my friend, “Why would you send your son back to that school?” Her answer was that her son was in a gifted and talented program and they were hoping for scholarships. Would risk your son’s life for a scholarship? ( I wouldn’t!)
This incident occurred in a “good school” in a “good district”. The thugs had been bused in.
Have you noticed that in nearly every article about some horror story about a government school, that the school is in what would be considered a “good” area?
“Have you noticed that in nearly every article about some horror story about a government school, that the school is in what would be considered a “good” area?”
What I notice is the intellectual contortions and sophistry that parents go through to justify their use of the government schools when they know that better alternatives exist.