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Originally Posted by gfmucci
I agree that there certainly are mega-sized schools around the country that have great facilities and programs. And I will bet a Buffalo carrot that 9 out of 10 of these great, large schools are populated by upper middle income folk. One of my daughters attended a high school in a suburb west of St. Louis. The school facilitities, grounds, and programs were fantastic. The main entranceway to the main building had a three story atrium with fountains and waterfalls. My daughter even participated in a Japanese exchange program while there and took Japanese. She loved it. That school drew from an area where the average price of homes was $300,000. For the St. Louis area in the late 80's that was affluent. The great majority of schools don't have the blessing of that kind of demographic.
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gf,
I really do not want to get in this one, but I cannot keep my mouth shut (fingers still) so I am going to say this and then I am going to runlikehell.
That statement from you I quoted herein -- I absolutely agree.
And when kids have little, or nothing, at home, maybe their public school classes should be cut in half and cut in half again. -- Talk about one heck of a return on an investment.
Waterfalls and fountains? :
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And, let me guess. Across town the only water that was flowing was coming in through a hole in the roof.
-just could not stay out of it. But I will speak of it no more.
Boomer