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^^ What's so interesting about this? When you work hard and value education (and are well educated), it's unthinkable that you would have to send our child to a failing public school that's failing because of parents who aren't educated and don't value education for their children. So, yes, we high SES families ARE looking out for our own -- it would be hard not to! [b]I'll worry about "all kids" when mine aren't in the mix.[/b][/quote]

I doubt that. I don't think you will spend one minute thinking about kids once you don't have a dog in the fight.

And this is the point. As long as you have an attitude, your schools will not get better. If you truly value education, you'd be digging in and improving the schools one school at a time, starting with your neighborhood school. You knew the situation when you chose to have kids in this city. You knew when you bought your house wherever you did for whatever reason. All this whining about what you want in the absence of any plan that engages you to work for it (save for the Powell PP) is silly and counterproductive.

Sure, take the easy way out and move to the burbs. This idea that that move will be some sort of death bell for the schools is nonsense. There will always be more people to replace you. Hopefully, those people will have a greater investment in their homes and schools and will be willing to do the hard work of turning things around. That's what this city needs.[/quote]

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