Agree!!! All in the name of equity but where is that equity now? Now all our kids are suffering and the students that need the most intervention and resources will suffer the most. The literal opposite of what should be happening. This is such a disgrace and affects the entire fabric of Evanston!
Agree!!! All in the name of equity but where is that equity now? Now all our kids are suffering and the students that need the most intervention and resources will suffer the most. The literal opposite of what should be happening. This is such a disgrace and affects the entire fabric of Evanston!
It is entirely possible that some are willing to entertain the idea that the system seems so unjust and inequitable that it is quicker to torch the current system and start from scratch (whatever that means) than make reasonable efforts to steer the ship toward better outcomes within the guardrails of fiscal responsibility. Last six words there are critical.
I will say that there is some merit to this. Before Horton, District 65 was functional but with mild levels of corruption and very inequitable racial outcomes. Things had been slowly getting worse over the years - the budgets in the 2010s were bad and the 2017 referendum bailed them out for a few years, without actually fixing any of the underlying problems. I think of it as a smoldering fire.
Then the equity folks / Dr. Horton arrived and just poured jet fuel all over the system. I don't think it was intentional but they turned a bad situation into a much much worse one that is going to damage an entire generation of kids (they promised to help), but may ultimately result in a complete overhaul of the system.
Agree!!! All in the name of equity but where is that equity now? Now all our kids are suffering and the students that need the most intervention and resources will suffer the most. The literal opposite of what should be happening. This is such a disgrace and affects the entire fabric of Evanston!
It is entirely possible that some are willing to entertain the idea that the system seems so unjust and inequitable that it is quicker to torch the current system and start from scratch (whatever that means) than make reasonable efforts to steer the ship toward better outcomes within the guardrails of fiscal responsibility. Last six words there are critical.
I will say that there is some merit to this. Before Horton, District 65 was functional but with mild levels of corruption and very inequitable racial outcomes. Things had been slowly getting worse over the years - the budgets in the 2010s were bad and the 2017 referendum bailed them out for a few years, without actually fixing any of the underlying problems. I think of it as a smoldering fire.
Then the equity folks / Dr. Horton arrived and just poured jet fuel all over the system. I don't think it was intentional but they turned a bad situation into a much much worse one that is going to damage an entire generation of kids (they promised to help), but may ultimately result in a complete overhaul of the system.
This is not good policy!