Matthew D
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Sun Jun 22, 2008 11:22 am
No Longer Old Louisville
Deb Hall
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Sun Mar 04, 2007 4:46 pm
Highlands , Louisville
Suzi Bernert wrote:Our son went to Iroquois, the one in the Sunday paper. He has a reading disability and the staff really worked with him. Considering his struggles, you would think he would have hated school, but he had 4 years of perfect attendance. This school actually has very few "bussed" to them, those that do are there for the construction trades program. I honestly believe that parental involvement is a key to a child's education. It was disheartening to go to a parent-teacher conference at 1PM and be only the 3rd or 4th parent to sign in. I also worked in that district during his high school years - I saw what the home lives of some of the kids were like, disinterested parents at best, living with drugged up, criminal adults at worst. The teachers are dedicated and caring, my son keeps in touch with several still. Bussing is not the answer, changing the whole staff is not the answer - but how do we force "parents" ie, the ones who made these children, to encourage and help their kids? We are operating on the 3rd generation of "learned helplessness" and throwing more $$$ at this will not solve the problem.
Stepping off soapbox, return to your normal programming.
Leann C wrote:.....So why are we bussing the kids around then? I still haven't heard an answer.
I didn't go to school here and do not have kids. I've never understood it. However, I hate it when I see a school bus driving around in the late afternoon with kids still on it. I know I've seen them as late as 4 or 5pm.
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