The sad thing is many of these kids are in school by 7am for breakfast, then in an after school program in the afternoon until between 5 and 6pm. That’s 10 to 11 hours per day in the care of the schools/after school program (and if riding the yellow bus to school in the morning, add at least an extra half hour). Nearly all these kids’ waking hours are spent at school/in an after school program on weekdays. Parents get all of two two or three hours between picking up the child and putting to bed.
Yep. The public schools are raising the kids. Parents hand their children over 5 days a week.
That's why these teachers see themselves as more important than the parents.