OT again: Parents could be fined for missing school meetings

[James Silcott]

Enough already. 200+ posts. Back to woodworking.

[Leon]

So post a wood working topic.

[Bob Martin]

What aid to European countries would this be?

[Swingman]

Careful now ...

There is no cabal ... but they will definitely revoke that moderator wannabe license if you keep demonstrating that you do not understand the meaning of "OT".

[Robatoy]

*smirks*

[Just Wondering]

An ad hominem attack is a sign the poster has run out of rational things to say.

[Leon]

YOU are A B S O L U T E L Y correct. Rational comments have meant nothing to you so far.

[Leon]

Now that was funny.

[Just Wondering]

In other words, people who disagree with you are not rational.

[Leon]

You see, I would have never said that. But straight out of your mouth comes that comment. My comments toward you are more from my observation that you seem to have you head buried in the sand.

You often take things I say out of context and then twist them in to some absurd conclusion, just like now.

[Bill in Detroit]

No it wasn't.

;-)

[Leon]

LOL.. ;~)

[Glen]

Unfortunately, no. But I do believe if my wait is not due to an emergency situation, he should.

I would jump at the chance! Thirty two years I have been teaching, and I have NEVER missed a scheduled parent conference, but I have been stood up countless times. Every time the conference was scheduled by the parent.

Glen

[Myxylplyk]

No, I was considering only the one on one typemeeting. Parents that cannot be bothered would never go to a group meeting. Legislating social morals has and will never work. Showing up to a one one one with the teacher get them out of the fine. Now find a way to legislate their active participation in those meetings and you're all set. Oh, except that laws with fines usually require options for jail time for those unwilling to pay.

Maybe Texas should just skip the process and assume that all parents that are no-shows are just those chronicly bad parents and throw them right into jail. Then Texas can assume the wardship of the children and "bring them up propperly". We all have seen how well state run institutions function.

Happily, I don't live in Texas. I would be one of those mouthy people calling for this dim witted congressman's impeachment.

Myx

[Markem]

Scofflaws? (Only know of one who went to jail but he had over a thousand unpaid tickets and an attitude)

Mark

[Myxylplyk]

Yes. Thanks for illustrating my point. Works equally "well" everywhere, as in doesn't work at all.

Get enough parking fines and someone in the DA's office get notified. Soon after that the bench warrant with your name on it ... all for parking tickets. (BYW - a "ticket" is an appearance ticket. A notice that you must appear in court or plead guildty. This usually results in only a fine, but it's not directly equivalent.

If your schools were really state run institutions, we wouldn't be having this discussion. The state directs a curiculum that must be followed. (Unless your school doesnt receive state aide)

Amen! I will be happy when Shrub finally finished fencing in Texas for Walt Disney! :P

Myx

[J. Clarke]

I don't know where you are but in the US most of the the schools _are_ run by the state in the sense that "state"="government" rather than in the sense that "state"="one of 50 specific political subunits". There are schools that are not run by the government, in some cases those are run by churches and in others are private profit-making businesses, but for the most part they are run by the government.

[Myxylplyk]

That's not exactly right. Here, in NY, the local "government", i.e. town/city officials, effective handle only the school tax collection. The school superintendant is NOT an officer within the local/city government. That position is controlled by a locally elected school board. The board's only connection to the State government is they're responsible for meeting the educational requirement the NYState Department of Education set. The intended roll for the school board is as a educational overseer, with budgeting responsibilities. The members get elected based on their abilities to meet the local educational requirements within the state's guidelines. The guidelines get more and more specific as the amount of state aide your school system increases. In current reality, school boards do little actual planning beyond how to "maximize their state aide dollars". Seems their primary budgeting role is now finding a way to get the next levels "bigger pocket" to pay for local projects.

At no point can the local govenments be put into a position of choosing to "raid" the school tax funds to pay the local street lighting bill. There is no direct connection between town/city/county government and the school board, beyond some sccountability for spending the school tax dollars properly. (No home expansions for the school board member allowed. )

Private/church schools that provide the main stream education of children are also held to the NY State Department of Education's curiculum guidlines too. They get the lighter version due to their receipt of little to no state aide.

[J. Clarke]

What part of "government=state=government" are you having trouble with? If they are run by the Federal government they are state schools. If they are run by New York State they are state schools. If they run by the county the are state schools. If they are run by the city they are state schools. If they are run by the school district they are state schools. It's all government, it's all the state.

If they're run by officials either elected by the populace or appointed by some level of government then they are state schools.

Which makes them not government how?

Which makes them not government how?

Which makes them not government how?

Which makes them not government how?

Which makes them not government how?

Which makes them not government how?

Which makes what difference?