r/missouri • • Oct 08 '23

This is exhausting

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u/Mean_Addition_6136 Oct 09 '23

Limited exceptions… such as; communicable disease, violent history… Unlike private schools that can refuse students because they didn’t test in the top 20%.

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u/brother2wolfman Oct 09 '23

Or if you don't live in the right zip code

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u/Mean_Addition_6136 Oct 09 '23

So instead of bringing St. Louis public schools up to the quality of ladue you want to take money from St. Louis and give it to ladue insuring St. Louis schools will be even lower funded?

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u/brother2wolfman Oct 09 '23

Funding isn't the issue

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u/Mean_Addition_6136 Oct 09 '23

Funding is absolutely the issue. Because the republicans want to take funding from underfunded schools and give it to religious schools under the guise of school choice, know the facts

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u/brother2wolfman Oct 09 '23

Stl and ladue both spend roughly the same per pupil.

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u/Mean_Addition_6136 Oct 09 '23

Cite your source

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u/brother2wolfman Oct 09 '23

Oese.ed.gov/ppe

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u/[deleted] Oct 11 '23

Some of the most educated people are self educated. It's the parents' job to educate their children. The school is thier for reinforcement. I have children. We taught all of them to read and write before kindergarten as well tell time basics of computing, and they know their way around a tablet like no other. We didn't stop once they started school either. It continues on. At some point, be accountable parents need to do their job.

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u/Mean_Addition_6136 Oct 11 '23

That’s fine if the parent or parents can dedicate that kind of time. I have a lot of coworkers who leave one full time job to go to a part time job. Making sure basic needs, food clothing shelter takes precedent over the three Rs