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[quote=Anonymous]I am concerned that some of these posts seem to be attributing these behaviors to minority and poor kids. I attended a minority majority school in a small Southern town--my graduating class was 72% black, we had socioeconomic diversity ranging from rich kids to kids on welfare, and there was a literal orphanage in my town. We absolutely did not have issues like what I witnessed in my kids' ES, like kids eloping from the school and rolling around on the floor of the classroom. The main differences were cohesive communities (church attendance and community involvement meant people knew each other), small class sizes, and discipline. I don't believe in corporal punishment, but misbehavior was addressed immediately. More spending might help if it results in smaller classes, but schools here are at capacity and building new ones takes forever. I don't know what the answer is. [/quote]
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