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Maybe if they are can afford to move and switch school districts. Or if they live in a school district where they can choose their school (which also correlates
by benchaney 9y ago
Maybe if they are can afford to move and switch school districts. Or if they live in a school district where they can choose their school (which also correlates with income).
Edit: Also, If a school is so bad that you have to move away from it to avoid being considered a bad parent, that reflects worse on the school more so than the parents.
- pmorici 9y agoI'd encourage you to go learn about Baltimore city schools. The failing schools being discussed in the OP are Middle and High Schools. Baltimore doesn't have school zones at the high school level. Any student that lives in Baltimore could go to any of the high schools. Some are good others are total garbage. Bottom line, you don't have to move, you do have to be proactive though. http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/Domain/9530 http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/Domain/9530
- benchaney 9y agoThats a fair point, but it doesn't change the fact that it is ultimately the school's fault. Besides, it isn't like you can just choose to go wherever you want. There is a lottery process and obviously not everyone gets their first choice.
- pmorici 9y agoThe lottery process is only for the charter schools. The rest of them have an application process similar to applying to colleges. Baltimore has more than 24 high schools. http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/about/by_the_numbers http://www.baltimorecityschools.org/about/by_the_numbers