[Amelia]

How many vice-principals and psychologist/social workers does a school really need?

According to our governor and general assembly, each high school needs and will get at least one more next year - a counselor to prevent dropouts.

My personal opinion is that if they'd put that money and effort into boosting basic skills in lower grades, they wouldn't need the dropout prevention counselor, but no one asked me.

[RobbyS]

Call me a cynic, but I think that we should encourage drop outs from high school. Many of the brighter juniors and senior should be taking college classes, maybe even enrolled in college full-time. Many of the dimmer ones should be doing something else besides school.