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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP- my neighborhood school is 65% low income and ESOL, mostly Hispanic. They can’t all be the children of corporate employees or have been here for x generations.
It does look like an invasion, neighborhood families (the ones who have been here for many years in fact) rarely send their kids to this school. [/quote]

How exactly does it "look like an invasion"?[/quote]

Middle class families don’t find the teaching rigorous enough. Tons of time spent on discipline and remedial instruction. Very few afterschool activities because nobody wants to organize them and/or pay for them. 
Basically, this school now “belongs” to low income ESOL students. They are the focus. [/quote]

OMGERD!! PEOPLE SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL!!! PANIC!!! 
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Their kids need free lunches, therapy, remedial instruction, ESOL services, free aftercare, free enrichment. 
Guess what, kids who come from generational poverty and are US citizens, and descendants of slaves, need it all, too! 
And guess what, middle class kids of citizens and LEGAL immigrants need enrichment (which they cannot get because the school leadership refuses to invite vendors unless they accommodate free lunch kids).

Middle class kids need quality instruction, and more than a handful of parents volunteering for more than a handful of events.

[b]They also need teachers who are not stretched thin. [/b]
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This is why people move to the outer burbs - or other counties farther out.  And yes, teachers are stretched thin and are no good to themselves or others at that point.  I saw the changes in the classroom, and I saw the impact on my own children's education.  If you ignore these issues, they only grow, and that's what the impacted counties are doing - ignoring the issues at the expense of the kids (native born and children of naturalized citizens) who want to learn.

It sounds so ugly, but it's the truth.  And for those of you who have no experience in the school system or with social programs, I'd LOVE to hear your solutions.  I really would . . . as I'd love a good laugh.

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