Reason 1,254,985
Tuesday 11 September 2012 - Filed under Uncategorized
Teachers doing everything possible to keep parents from giving meaningful input in to the education that their children receive, and defying the law at every possible juncture to ensure it.
As parents attempted to wrest control of Desert Trails Elementary School in Adelanto under California’s “parent trigger” law, school board officials repeatedly said they weren’t trying to put up obstacles — they were simply trying to follow the law to the letter. But the most recent actions of the Adelanto Elementary School District show that following the law is a very low priority indeed.
Under the trigger law, parents can force one of several changes in their low-performing schools if half or more of them sign a petition. But over the last eight months, the Adelanto district has delayed the process at every possible turn and even insisted that organizers of the petition drive find new parents to make up for those who had subsequently withdrawn their signatures. Finally, over the summer, the district was ordered by a judge to just say yes. The court ruled that the district could not discount the signatures of parents even if they later changed their minds. That makes sense. A signature on a parent trigger petition is tantamount to a vote. We don’t allow voters to redo their ballots once they leave the polling station.
The school board was given 30 days to do the right thing. It waited until mid-August, almost the last possible moment — and then had the chutzpah to say there wasn’t enough time left to start up a charter school by the beginning of the academic year. It decided instead to retain control over the school and implement its own reforms.
Any teacher or administrator who truly believes that they ought teach my children without my input can go fuck themselves. You do NOT know my children’s needs more than I do, nor do you know what I think may or may not be appropriate for them. That is my job, you fascist fucks.
2012-09-11 » madlibertarianguy