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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]20:03, how do you feel able to speak for all parents? Did you conduct a parent survey? Perhaps you are speaking for yourself and should say "I" instead of "parents."[/quote]

I'm not speaking for all parents.  I am also not speaking for myself.  I have mixed views on the topic.  I am merely repeating concerns seen on threads here and elsewhere.

Did you not read the HUGE thread about would you send your kid to a school where he/she is an "only," meaning in the minority?  Or other threads about poor schools?  In every thread, well-meaning parents raise the issue -- their primary concern is that their kid get enough instruction, attention, et cetera, to succeed.  Because as much as a person cares about helping the poor or less fortunate, no one wants to sacrifice their kids' education, especially given how competitive college and everything else is.

I live in PG, by the way.  And if I am fortunate enough to have a kid (hopefully soon), I am going to try public school.  So, no, I'm not racist.  No, I'm not afraid of poor people.  But I have been following a lot of education threads recently, and these are the concerns that keep cropping up.  I would add that in raising these concerns, most people are all for funds and resources being given to those schools with a high population of kids who need either language assistance or other kinds of help.  The main concern parents have is whether sending their kid to those schools put their kid at an educational disadvantage because those schools are trying to tackle so many other issues.

If we can't talk honestly about these issues without unfounded accusations of racism, then there will always be a a divide.[/quote]

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