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This is exactly what those 1,000 kids were trying to do in Normandy. They cared but couldn't afford to get out [/quote]

Bs.  They cared about education, but they failed all tests at their school and didn't attend?  A school is rated failing based on the current failing tests and lack of attendance.

These were not all honor students. They probably thought "hey, if I get my kid on the bus to a better school, the school will do the work for me and turn my failing kid into a better student."  The schools don't make the students, it's the students who make the school.[/quote]

They are failing standardized tests (not the school tests the teachers give them) because they aren't being taught.  I am not someone to blame teachers, but in the case of this school, the teachers were either absent (often psychically) or overwhelmed.  The school building  itself was falling to pieces. You really really need to listen to the story and THEN try blaming the families.  1/3rd of the school population got on a bus at 5:45 am every school day. So maybe 2/3rds of the school cared less.  Maybe 1/3rd cared not at all.  That is still 1/3rd of a school who care and yet can't get an education because of a failing school. In this case 1,000 students.

Deal and Chevy Chase High would be so lucky to have these 1/3rd kids.[/quote]

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