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My child is in one of the local CES programs. His BFF lives in our neighborhood,  but only because his parent is on disability housing program. The BFF doesn't go to the local school (which is an excellent es) but is bussed OUT to a much "lesser" school  for either behavioral problems,  special reading program or both. The BFF has no observable behavior problems in the neighborhood,  in fact the opposite.

BFFs parent has not had the same opportunities and privileges in life as I have. The parent does not understand the importance of advocating for the children, [b]does not go to the school events like back to school night[/b]. Does not supplement the education the child gets at school by adding extra books, talking about the curriculum and connecting the child to additional resources, etc. The BFF accused my child of "showing off" for using mildly advanced words in conversation.  The parent does not speak "proper queens English" conversationally.

The fundamental difference between where my child is, academically,  and the BFF is related to what goes on at home.

We can bus kids all over the state, but that will not solve the root of the problem. I would rephrase the initial question to: how can we solve the education barrier by enabling more parents at home.[/quote]

I went to back-to-school nights out of a sense of duty. This is what good,  involved, middle-class, educated parents are supposed to do, after all! I never got anything out of them. Back-to-school nights have seen the last of me.[/quote]

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