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[sarals]

marty,

I tell you one of the problems out here... this was told to me a executive I use to report to. He lives in a very well to do area. His kids are in a school with very few kids per teacher... yet he lives less than 15 mins away from where I live. Why you ask? Because the parents of that school have fund raisers each year... and I"m not talking about selling cookies. They raise big money and hire extra teachers, class room materials, etc. And I know across the hill in some very poor neighborhoods, conditions are really bad... i.e. school building broken down and in need of repair. The system is suppose to provide equally for all kids, but does not.

And I think you're right, schools pay way too much for admin and way to little for things that will directly help the kids. And, teachers and administrators both put way too much into special programs and neglect the basic, reading, writing, and math. IMO if you make the kids strong in the basic, they can go almost anywhere from there.

Sara