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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But imagine what your school could do with training, hiring more social workers, more teachers for smaller classes and more skills appropriate remediation, more space, more extra curriculars to make school interesting, more edible foods. The Mayor of LA was talking about reducing millions off the Police budget and it Would not make a dent. Seattle is proposing an 11 million dollar increase to the police budget for next year (wel, was before this). Albany (I think) announced cutting its SRO contract - at 1 million dollars. Can you imagine what your school could do with it a share of 1 million, 11 million, 44 million dollars??

And imagine if kids and families experiencing trauma or mental health concerns had community resources they could access (instead of a 7 month wait for kids who have already attempted suicide once to be seen regularly by a mental health service). And imagine if there was not food instability or housing instability or other family stresses. How would kids show up to school then? Again, what could homeless youth services do with 1 million or 11 million dollars.

And then you would actually just get to teach. [/quote]

Money won’t solve all of this. I’m in my late 20s and my kid is very going. So my experiences are recent. The high school I attended added wrap-around social services as my 6-12th years went on. A medical clinic onsite, free dentist once a month at the schools, free clothing, free breakfast and lunch for ALL students, sports participation must be free, room of free school supplies, free coffee and crap snacks as you enter the school, and a sex counselor. And many more. It certainly hasn’t improved the school’s academic performance in the slightest, but take the services away and the kids will be at a great loss. [/quote]

Sometimes you don’t see the pay off in grades 6-12. Sometimes, you see them in the 21 year old who learned anger management seven years ago and is able to self-advocate at work with his words instead of his fists. Sometimes, you see them in the 24 year old who is still reading at a 7th grade level, but reads to her one year old son so that he has that crucial engagement with language she missed out on. [/quote]

I’m the one who posted about the wrap around services in my high school. I completely agree with what you are saying. Some people expect these services to result in immediate, traditional academic performance, which is not realistic. [/quote]

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