Who is willing to address directly the fact that the highest number of ‘students’ in the classroom are Hispanic- legal & illegal who do NOT speak English??? Reno & surrounding areas & Carson City.
Gang problems are also part of the problem. The kids are pressured to enter gangs, and many parts of the area are downright unsafe.
A caller to a local radio show -Bill Manders- last year called with his experience the day before.
He had to take his 3rd or 4th grade daughter to school late & he took her all the way to her classroom. Something he had never done before-maybe Mom was sick.
Anyway- when he loked inside the room, he realized immediately that his daughter was the ONLY white kid in the room. After a few quiet words with the teacher, he learned that his daughter was the ONLY one in the room who could read & write English.
He was stunned.
He informed Bill Manders that he & his wife were auditing their budget. They were putting their only daughter into a private school somehow-someway. Period.
My sister’s daughter had the same experience. Her 1st grader this year was the only English speaking child in the class. and this was in an area of Vegas that is not what is considered “mexico” by the residents.
My kids both attended public school in vegas. They both have attended college, my son just graduated and my daughter is finishing her freshman year.
they were fortunate to have been in schools where the teachers were experienced long time faculty at the schools they attended.
By the time they finished, the majority of their classmates had dropped out or obtained a GED.