I live in Fairfax County and have three school-aged children. I opt to send them to Catholic School however I have been following this item closely. Many (most of really) friends and neighbors send their kids to the local public schools which are touted as some of the best in the nation. Most of these friends and neighbors are left-leaning and spout for LGBT stuff and pull the lever for the dems. But now this is cutting too close to home. The typical democrat “Not in My Backyard” response will take over and the people are very upset! Because so many people want their 15 minutes of fame, I can’t wait to watch stuff come up in every school, at all ages, how little Joey is now Josephine and wants to use the girls’ bathroom... Pass the popcorn...
I hope you attend the board meetings ... your insight will help youo formulate thought and language to assist in correcting youor friends and neighbors
These schools never publish how many of their kids are receiving tutoring ( paid and/or unpaid), pre-schooling ( paid and/or unpaid), and **tons*** of “after-schooling” help ( paid and/or unpaid).
When test score are high, government schools claim all the credit for the hard work done IN THE HOME by the parents and kids.
When test scores are low government school blame the parents ( of couse!)
When test scores are low enough, government schools lower the standards and proclaim themselves a high scoring school!
Wow! What a scam!
Finally....It is my anecdotal observation that academically successful students ( both home and institutionalized) do the **same** amount of work and spend the **same** amount of time working IN THE HOME at the kitchen table.
So?....if both academically successful homeschoolers and successfully schooled institutionalized children are studying just as much IN THE HOME, then maybe the institutional school is playing no part whatsoever in a child's education!
Maybe, just maybe, we spend up to $30,000/year/child and the only thing government schools do is send a very expensive curriculum home to be followed IN THE HOME! If true, what a waste of both money and the child's life!