Posted on 05/15/2024 12:42:33 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Mine was 15...
Went to my 50th HS reunion last summer. They tore down the old HS and built this huge new one with as many facilities as a small college.
When I went there, there were 1400 students in grades 10-12. The town had two JrHSs, grades 7-9. Now, they had to make HS grades 9-12, and they still have fewer than 1200 students. They also had to close one JrHS and put all of the town’s 7th and 8th graders in one place.
The population of the town is about 25% larger now, too, just fewer kids.
Same as biden.
Oh wait.. you meant 1993.
The Catholic K-8 school I attended in the 60s had 800 students. They now have 160.
I think mine was around 730. It was the smallest class of the 4 in the HS at the time. Being unknown to administrators can have perks. Got busted going in late with my girlfriend. Pretended to be her brother dropping her off late due to “girl issues”. No one wants to ask questions when you bring up Menstral cramps, hygiene products…. So it worked. I did have to sneak into my classes halfway through the day.
Just looked up the HS I graduated from in L.B. Cal. More students, but they’ve added 9th grade. Graduating class is 11% smaller. And for some reason they’ve added the name ‘Classical’ to the school’s name, which to me is a ‘tell’.
British Columbia has what is in sense a voucher system - funding goes from the Ministry to private schools. Only 50% roughly of the cost to educate a kid at public school but its something. I’m happy my child comes home not confused as to what their pronouns are.
Every home should be a school. Every school building should become a warehouse.
“And not enough prisons”
Prisons are expensive and should only be used when no suitable alternative exists.
I have advocated for penalty time rooms (say 100 hours to be spent in one within the next 30 days) and for things like arm and leg penalty weights. Penalty time rooms allow people to keep jobs and eliminate the need to provide prison health care for participants.
“Vouchers are the answer. Leads to school choice 100%.”
I tend to think that parental school taxes should be creditable to private school tuition.
Instead of handing out expensive vouchers (~$12,000), we would hand back the parents’ property tax payments (~$3,000 - $6,000). In this way, schools would get created on a lower cost basis and initially sold by market forces to the higher property tax-paying (and earning) parents.
I worked in uniform in NY State's prisons for 25 years. In the early 80's, I saw Gov. Mario Cuomo close multiple psych centers, and the mentally ill thrown on the street, only to show up in the prison system, which created an even bigger headache for staff. Andrew Cuomo closed a prison or two when he was first elected Governor. One of them had been a school for the mentally retarded before being turned into a prison. It's about 20 minutes from me. In March 2021, Cuomo and Hochul closed at least 6 prisons in the State, not to mention the fact that they released hundreds of convicts to the streets during Covid, none of which were made to complete their court-ordered sentences. And Hochul is closing at least six more prisons this year, tossing even more convicts onto the street in order to make room for those from the prisons she is closing. She is playing musical chairs with convicted felons, and roulette with the lives of innocent citizens. Prisons are being closed because criminals aren't being locked up anymore, so RAT-controlled states can give the illusion that crime is down. Crime isn't down. It's just being swept under the carpet and covered up. When I was in uniform, we always told the public to remember that not all the criminals are behind bars. That saying is even more relevant today.
As Richard Pryor said, “Thank God we got Penitentiaries!”
Good job.
America has one too many newspapers.
America has too many Teacher’s Unions. One is too many.
Continuing proof from Upstate NY...
Check out the attitude public employees have toward their cash cows...er, taxpayers.
More schools, more administrators
Way too many administration offices in my county. One county with 5 administration offices.
One office could administer all county schools. Maybe add a person or two to process additional payables and payroll.
I'll second that!
Too many schools are essentially student warehouses.
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