I’ve posted a little less over the last week or so. Friends who know me well, know that tough choices have been on my mind, and have occupied a great deal of my time. Choices having to do with my kids education. It’s not the first time I’ve had to really examine what to do. It is the first time that I have felt that public school education has completely and totally failed not one, but all three of my beloved school age children. It’s like realizing your bank account is empty. There’s nothing left.
In fact it’s almost exactly like that. I could blame rampant corruption, Machiavellian political maneuvers, and complicit ignorance. But all those things have arisen from the very real problem of too little funds to get the job done. It brings out the worst in people.
I blogged my disgust over the state of CA public education over at LAMomsBlog yesterday so I won’t rehash it all here. I found it interesting however that a story came out on the AP today reporting that it’s not just CA. Nationwide, we are all feeling the pinch. Our “public” charter school is “requesting” parents “pledge” $300/month, per child next year. The quotes are because it’s illegal to require it. But the peer pressure is strong, the demands constant, the reminders daily.
I never thought I’d see the day that I could not trust my kids to get a basic, decent free education in public school. It’s truly frightening to me that this net is gone, for my kids and for thousands of others. Who will be the leaders and inventors of tomorrow?
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