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ditto that--we moved down to Florida in 82, from Maryland(which was actually a nice school system in the suburbs at that time). The difference was glaring! I was in a pre-algebra class in 6th grade--when we transferred, they didnt offer anything similar until 8th grade and this was in a more affluent neighborhood in florida to boot. Not to mention I heard my first foul word from a student's mouth when we moved to Florida--I kid you not--I got through all of elementary school in Maryland without once hearing a curse out of another child's mouth or sexual innuendo. Sometimes I think that school was like a dream--it was the way school should be. Very innocent and the teachers were all in their 40's and 50's in the 70's, so they were WWII generation and a little younger. Every last one of them was a gem! Every one! Aaah, for the good old days in this regard and we could actually still support public education!