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Originally Posted by DrPhil
LOL. You had me worried there for a second. I thought someone had stolen your username.  |
Not at all. lol I was making assumptions about the quality of the strategy behind the potential merger that I wasn't communicating in my posts. I can be foolishly optimistic, so I am often disappointed by the ineptitude of individuals with power and authority.
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As always, that argument would be expressed differently using quality of education and other angles. Those who intentionally live in social class and racially homogenous environments rarely express it as such around those who potentially disagree with them. 
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Exactly. My underlying point was that if all they can come up with is "we don't want THOSE kids here" they've lost already. It's also why I asked the, perhaps rhetorical, question about the legitimate "cons" of a merger.
My ignorance may be showing again, but I can't help but look at the relative success of charter schools and wonder WTH the problem is with the people making decisions that ultimately result in low performing schools. Of course, charter schools are a HUGE other topic, a discussion of which could be--and probably already is--its own thread.