To: Cincinatus' Wife
They want their schools to be community anchors.Sounds like they were anchors all right. Around the kids' necks.
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09/08/2003 8:31:04 AM PDT by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Yes, and the country.
To: mewzilla
"She and other protesters say that the New Yorkers -- led by Roberti, who is white -- have "disrespected" the black community by ripping apart a district run for years by black educators serving a black student population."
"The school district was broke -- and failing. Half of all high school freshmen quit before graduation. Less than 7 percent of juniors scored "proficient" on a state reading and writing test."
They've "disrespected" the community by trying to improve schools in which half the students drop out and only 7% meet minimum proficiency requirements? Where was the anger and rage at that abysmal record of failure?
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