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Posted on 5/7/13 at 2:24 pm to Mizzeaux
Posted on 5/7/13 at 2:24 pm to Mizzeaux
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And yet the public schools with the most snooty parent involvement seem to be the best in my experience.
Probably not a whole ton of great public schools with little to no parental involvement.
This is true but it is much larger than just the parents being involved. Community involvement plays a large role in the quality of the schools. When the city/town you live in doesn't feel the need to properly fund the educational system then it will show in the final product. When a community invests in the educational system then it will see more benefits as a result.
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Posted on 5/7/13 at 2:30 pm to GTHTSUN
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When the city/town you live in doesn't feel the need to properly fund the educational system then it will show in the final product. When a community invests in the educational system then it will see more benefits as a result.
I absolutely agree, here in Las Vegas we have the fifth largest school district in the country. The state/city/county do not fund it extremely well. We're always near the bottom of the list nationally when it comes to per pupil funding and class sizes.
However, in my neighborhood we have the same funding, class sizes, resource problems, and yet all the schools excel and survive. It's almost completely based on community involvement and (likely) being upper middle/upper class.
Even when the school district was still busing students from the ghetto to attend this high school the school was great. The graduation rates for all the minority groups and discounted/free lunch students were significantly higher than schools with less community/parent involvement.
This post was edited on 5/7/13 at 2:32 pm
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