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…
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.
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!