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Dramatic changes proposed for Seattle schools ( Losing Students in a Blue City )
Seattle Times ^
| May 18, 2006
| Emily Heffter
Posted on 05/18/2006 11:41:43 AM PDT by george76
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:41:50 AM PDT
by
george76
To: george76
To: george76
Gee, I wonder why people don't want to raise their kids in cities?
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:44:03 AM PDT
by
tigtog
To: sionnsar; Born Conservative; traviskicks
"I still don't trust the School Board," ...
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:44:25 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
What's the rest of this story? Is this due to lower birthrate? Private schools? People moving? What is this due to? I thought in the last 15 years Seattle population soared...what's the real deal?
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:47:33 AM PDT
by
Hildy
To: tigtog; freepatriot32; Gabz
" less than half the number it had 40 years ago ..."
Running away from the NEA union agenda !
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:48:46 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Hildy
Families are tired of the radical left agenda.
The students are not being taught enough how to read, write, and do math.
The kids have high school geography teachers not teaching high school geography...rather the geography teacher spends the class time on his personal, political rants...like Jay Bennish.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:53:53 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Texas_Jarhead
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:55:32 AM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Families are tired of the radical left agenda.In Seattle? I rather doubt that. I just want to know the reason there are half the students there used to be,that's all.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:55:33 AM PDT
by
Hildy
To: george76
It would be interesting to see what the homeschool ratio in Seattle is.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:56:12 AM PDT
by
TXBubba
( Democrats: If they don't abort you then they will tax you to death.)
To: george76
Home schooling is taking over.
The deal is, property taxes pay for public schools. Home schoolers still pay those property taxes, which should mean more money for smaller public schools. They should be financially solvent.
Home schooler's don't get public school education funds in most states.
To: Hildy
Well, if it's anything like Portland, Oregon, the population is soaring with people who either won't have kids (young professionals) or older folks who can't. Couples who want to have children, raise them in a safe, clean environment, and possibly have a parent stay at home, live in the suburbs because the housing is so much cheaper here.
Better schools, better homes, safer neighborhoods.
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posted on
05/18/2006 11:57:35 AM PDT
by
Hexenhammer
( America for Americans.)
To: Integrityrocks
Except that public schools are overloaded with administrators and support staff compared with 10 or more years ago - probably one of the biggest reasons schools cost more per kid than ever before.
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posted on
05/18/2006 12:01:28 PM PDT
by
cinives
(On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
To: Hildy
I just want to know the reason there are half the students there used to be,that's all.
I agree with the poster who mentioned Portland demographics. A bigger population of city folks who don't, no longer have, or can't have kids.
In Newsweek's story of the top 100 high schools, the WA state schools that made it are in the suburbs, namely Bellevue.
To: hypocritter
The roe effect is rearing it head I think.
To: george76
How interesting! Portland, Oregon is in exactly the same situation. Portland is not a family-friendly city anymore. They have achieved their dream of making it a 20-something, slacker and gay boy paradise. Families have logically chosen to move to one of the excellent suburban school districts surrounding, and now the latte-drinking libs left in the city are having to close, close, and close more schools. Ah, there is sweet justice after all.
To: Jack Black
They have achieved their dream of making it a 20-something, slacker and gay boy paradise.
Someone needs to tell the 20-something slacker boys that grunge is sooo 1990s!
To: Hildy
I thought in the last 15 years Seattle population soared...what's the real deal? Maybe that was just in voter registrations?
-PJ
To: Political Junkie Too
Here in Eugene, OR, we are the only family in our 'family friendly' neighborhood with 4 kids. NO ONE has more than 1 kid, except us.
We recently got a note on our door telling us that the neighbors wish we would keep our kids quiet.
So, even with people who reproduced, they usually only have one kid.
To: Political Junkie Too
Then why are they constantly building building building building apartments all over here?!?!? Sorry, had to vent.
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posted on
05/18/2006 12:20:55 PM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(Wearing My 'Jammies Proudly)
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