What is Your Record

     The person in charge of closing a public high school stood before the community to tell them that the school was closing, it is final, and that we were not there to discuss saving the school. The parents asked this woman where their children would go to school. The person said that the children would have a chance to apply to the new school due to open in place of the old one. The parents grew frustrated because they were confused about what the new demands on their children would be. From this point in time, until further notice, the children will be judged on their records.
     For the last decade or so public school children were able to go to any school they wanted as long as they were within a certain age range. The child could have a failing grade point average. The child could have a list of negative behavioral incidents. Some the children could barely read and write, yet the public schools had to take those children.
     The days of the public school with the open door are over. From now on a child will have to take a specialty examination or be interviewed by a panel before they are admitted into a school. if a child is not at the proper intellectual level, they may be out of luck. At that point the children are at the mercy of the system. Parents have to run around and beg schools to take their child in, even if that school is across the city.
     The old saying goes, you are what your record says you are. I have seen the abilities of many public school children up close. Good luck to all you parents, you will need it.

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