From: d.kester@comcast.net
Kevin,
Since we are "neighbors", I would send my to public schools in the district
you live in. I live in the other school district that is in our
neighborhood. I have been very pleased with my district and most of the
schools are under-performing in this area of the district. I agree with you
that most of the problems in the under-performing schools in this area are
learned behaviors at home not the schooling that they are receiving. My
kids attended school with a lot of the Kelley Drive area kids and then also
the migrant farm worker kids that spoke little if any English.
When my daughter was off track for a couple of months in 8th grade and was
not bringing home very good grades, I put her into a private school. What
they were teaching here at the private school she had worked on in
elementary school (about 5th - 6th grades), she was so bored there, but it
did help to instill that she was not doing that bad to begin with in the
public school I had her in. She is now in high school and attends one of
the newest high schools in our district, Middle College High School. Where
she attends college and high school at the same time. She attended there
this past school year and will be starting her sophomore year there in mid
August. It is a great program and so good for the kids that would not quite
make it at the traditional high school with about 2500 students on a small
campus. She had summer classes at Delta this summer and her one teacher
(Business) was amazed at how well she has done. She is getting an "A" in
the class and this is a great boost for her since she is normally a
struggling "C" average student. Her teacher even asked her again what her
age is and she told her she is 14. The teacher even said she was better
than some of her adult students. This has been great to boost her self
esteem in regards to her education.
I am also an involved parent at the school, I think that makes a huge
difference. I have always been involved in one way,. shape or form in my
child's education. Whether is be a chaperone on field trips, room mom, on
the PTA Board or on the School Site Council. I think being involved at the
school makes a world of difference in the child and their education. BTW, I
work full-time outside the home too, with typical business hours of
Monday-Friday 8 am - 5 pm .
*stepping off my soapbox*
Debbie
"Kevin" wrote in message
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> I definately agree that some TEACHERS are bad, not sure if that means the
> school is or not, so I refrain from "admitting some are bad"....But, I'd
> rather see kids taught by someone credentialled to do so (that means they
> actually have the education behind them to know, hopefully, what they are
> teaching). Home schooling doesn't require this....private schools don't
> require credentialled teachers, and that to me is even MORE scary.
Someone
> with a college degree in underwater basketweaving can be a teacher for a
> private school. I do see some positives to home-schooling, but see just
as
> many, if not more, negatives. I personally teach at an "Underperforming
> School". Does this mean the school is bad? Not necessarily....would I
send
> my own kids there? Well, for one, I reside in a different "district" so I
> couldn't, but even if I could, I wouldn't based on the behaviors of the
> school kids where I teach and NOT because it is underperforming. Those
> behaviors are taught at home (trust me, I've visited SEVERAL of the homes,
> so I know of what I speak in this instance), not taught at school. I did
> opt to pull my kids from a licensed day care though to being taken care of
> at home, based on what I saw happening, or not happening at day care. I
> guess it all comes down to what you think is best, as a parent, for your
> child. I wish you luck!
>
>
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