a local elementary school in the area, actually off of 620, is going to relocate their students due to overcrowding. no big deal usually, but this is the part(s) that bother me:
-this will be the 3rd time in 3 years these students have been moved. 3 DIFFERENT schools in 3 years.
-the fact they are elementary children who throughout these formative years, should be able to cultivate bonds with friends, lasting throughout most of their schooling ( i know is was moved around alot too...but still)
-the fact it has been 3 years, and just now something is being done about it. i mean don't they have planning commitees for this type of projection? part of the reason we pay taxes and vote on bonds right?
-oh and two of my favorite reasons why this crap is really bothering me.....
#1, guess what? the huge majority of these kids are MINORITIES...hmmm not really surprising is it?!
#2, and this is the end all to end all...so adding/building more space to the existing school is out of the question (but prisons are being expanded on a daily basis)
and 3 yrs ago no one thought of "hey, let's build a new school so our students can thrive and have a condusive learning environment." (but new prisons are being built as i type this)
noooooo see all of the above would be too much like right (as friend of mine says). so where are they going to place these lovely young children, you ask?
shaking head even now in disgust: how about in an abandoned CHEMICAL TESTING PLANT!!!!!!!
But the building is so much closer to where they live, the administrator's say.
really? as if that is suppose to make it ok?
i mean really, seriously are you serious? who knows what these children will be exposed too w/in those walls or what will they come into contact with while playing in the dirt at the playground!!
No, i don't know what chemicals had been tested at this site, but does it really matter?!
I'd be curious to see the statistics of ailments and health issues these students have in the future.
this is not the first time, of course not, minority children have had less than adequate learning conditions all over this fine nation, Where No Child Shall Be Left Behind and It Takes A Village, right? riiiiiight! I know of another campus (here in atx) where radio active waste had been found in the playground, and after a brief dig it was discovered it had been built on top of a dumping ground. nothing really done, fresh dirt added and the playground was shortened. lol...yep
why why why why is this okay?
Monday, December 11, 2006
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About the kids...because their minorities who cares...they build bigger prisons to prepare for those kids...sad isn't it!
GIRL...that sounds like a Sarah tangent. lololol.
Cosign ma. you know.
Have them trade schools with the kids in Pflugerville. Problem solved.
DAMMIT! ebony said what i was gonna say! not to mention, many administrators dont even live in the same neighborhoods where they teach, so the kids dont have allies in them either...
ummm, are the parents making a fuss about this? and...it doesnt matter WHAT chemicals where tested there, the kids dont need to be anywhere around.
where are Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton
when you need them? guess this isnt big
enough for them.
-eb, yep spend millions.
-sarah, lol, yeah i guess it does...but damn you know!
-element, now that would be tooooo easy right?!
-angel, you are so right.
-copa, hmmmmmmmmmm....
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