District 80 is a business?
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The Jaycees are having a Guitar Hero tournament March 1st for primarily kids. We have been planning and arranging this for a few weeks, and it has come together nicely.
We approached the school district about giving them a flier to send home with the kids so they and their parents are aware. This way the kids have something positive to do over the weekend instead of playing in the mud.
District 80 asked us this morning what the district was going to get from this distribution. Quite frankly, nothing. We are just trying to present something fun to do late on a Saturday. (Disclaimer: there is a $10 entry fee)
Upon learning that the district would not financially gain from this distribution, they declined to allow the distribution of our information.
I could understand if we were for-profit or stood to gain greatly from this venture, but we don’t. It’s not like we were asking for an endorsement nor advertisement in their newsletter. Just send this sheet, printed at our cost, home with the kids in their folder.
Every week there are several sheets sent home with my kids wanting money for something. Also, the school holds several funding projects every year that we are, of course, obliged to give money to and harass our friends and family.
Please bear the money-grubbing ways of District 80 in mind if you ever think about doing something positive for the kids to participate in and need to let them know about it.
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Dave
February 29th, 2008
at 11:31am
This is just my opinion, but District 80 is no different from most other government run schools. It IS a business, but not what you think. Sure the students will learn the basics of life’s knowledge (at least most will, some won’t), but the primary business of the government school is a teacher’s employment agency. The school district exists to maintain their teacher “pool”, keep their salaries (and retirement packages) in line with current economic conditions, and to maintain the NEA’s grasp on the minds of your children, i.e. global warming BS, no one is better or smarter (don’t want to hurt other children’s feelings), get expelled for “drawing” a gun on paper or throwing at some one (what ever happened to “killer” dodge ball…long gone in most schools), etc. You think that’s a little over the line? Ask yourself if any other business would survive the free market when their successful output (children who graduate High School) is only ~70% (or much less in larger cities). If government schools were truly in the business of teaching children, then we would not have so many failing students and unqualified, badly performing teachers. Vouchers (open K-12 education to the free market) or home schooling is the only way to go. Sorry about the rant… you hit a nerve………….. But yes, District 80 is a business…