Nateracer - 2021-02-18 5:37 AM
What's frustrating is that schools are trying their hardest to make up for the lack of anything at home. Doesn't matter what color. Media promotes the racial slant. Can't fix that.
But in school we have what we call Roxy's Rack. Roxy is our school mascot, a bloodhound, owned by the vice principal. I'm in small town Iowa. 80% free and reduced school.
Roxy's rack has everything anyone could ever need. Clothes, shoes, school supplies, toiletries, coats, winter gear, etc. Seriously it's a mini walmart. All donated and free to anyone who needs it.
We provide free breakfast and lunch to the kids. Even on snow days now, they have a pick up location for lunches if you can make it, free of charge.
I 1000% know taxpayers pay for lunches and other public education stuff. I work here. LOL Thanks, for my salary.
BUT...What it doesn't fix is the poor kids living situations. One to no parent households because that parent is working 2nd shift to make ends meet. The kids might get dinner. Maybe not. It doesn't fix the drug and alcohol abuse. It doesn't fix jumping from apartment to apartment on Section 8 or when they get evicted. It doesn't fix kids on drugs/vapes/alcohol. It doesn't fix kids being up all night being scared for their lives for a million reasons, only to want to sleep at school because it's warm and they know they are safe. Doesn't fix mommy paying more attention to boyfriend #795 than her 3 kids.
Cops being pulled from schools suck, but in LA, it might cause worse issues than them being there.
THE WORLD SUCKS. And the govt seems to think that schools can fix it. But we CAN'T. Don't even get me started on curriculum either.
I teach high school in CA. I agree with everything here. We do the same. Our school has 4,000 students and we are over 90 percent free and reduced as well. There are more conservatives here than most think. We just can't over power LA a s SF on elections. Those are the cities that welcome illegals and give them free everything. Thousands of us are leaving every year. I am not complaining , I make 125k a year and only have to work 181 days a year but most of my taxes go to those who don't want to work.