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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens?  They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing.  Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem.  It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great.  Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime.  People who have nothing have nothing to lose. [/quote]

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents.  My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues.  The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.  [/quote]

Schools are under-resourced and understaffed so there really is not enough money and staffing to help children and families heal from generational trauma. As Frederick Douglas once said, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Schools and other community-based programs are for the benefit of society, if you cut those programs or under-fund them, you can expect crime to raise. The result we are seeing is from the COVID closures which mentally and socially impacted the most vulnerable in society. [/quote]

Yep.. yep.. and then folks get out of those schools and go to get a job and can only find part-time work near minimum wage because franchise companies don't want to bring on full time employees since the 08 crash and great recession because of health care requirements. So then they have to end up getting a *couple* jobs and working 60+ hour weeks just to barely make rent, while getting shit talked by people ordering their mocha mint latte and its taking too long.

Here's a thought... invest in schools.  Invest in real community programs.  Invest in food security.  Invest in accessible, universal child and health care for young families.

I really wish we'd just try to put a good foot forward to make our society's default position altruistic instead of dog-eat-dog competitive for a change.[/quote]

Have you seen the truancy rates in DC? Seen the per pupil funding in DC? Seen how much DC spends on central office?  We are spending money in schools-  these kids do not show up to school.  There are no consequences for not showing up to school.   They are passed along and they can’t read or write.  Why not? Because they do NOT go to school.[/quote]

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