High School Recruiting

[CRLionDawg]

Slow down.

I in no way am condemning those that work in the public school system. Thank God there are good people who get out of bed everyday and do what they can to improve their students. Secondly my kids do not attend a private school. Would they benefit? Possibly, we wont know because my wife and I cannot afford it.

And we all have been around enough schools to know there are teachers who do not take there job seriously, do a mediocre job, and are fully protected from any threat to improve, by their tenure and the teachers union.

To say that the public school system in general doesnt endorse mediocrity is to have your head in the sand. They attempt to reach all ranges of kids often at the expense of the "best and brightest." If God has blessed you with above average intelligence or above average work ethic then why shouldnt you expect your school to challenge and develop you.

There isnt an easy answer to solving this problem. However a competitive school environment does force those schools who are lackluster to raise the bar and do a better job.

I am not on a crusade for private schools neither am I bashing all public schools. What I am saying is that there is a better way to do this. All the ranting and raving about how unfair it is for the privates to compete with public school systems is ludacris. The focus is on why it is ok to fail as opposed to investing on what it takes to succeed.

[Pale Rider]

It would be my hope that someday schools will teach students who then become adults to learn how to spell the word ludicrous properly. You guys that don't remind me of Mike Tyson.

[Opinionguy]

School of Choice? Whose going to want to go to the losing schools? Oh, you must be college CRdawg. You can choose where you want to go there.

So are elementary kids going to get days off of school to go visit these different schools? Oh, and now I guess you are saying also that since these are schools of choice, and of course schools never recruit, these schools and administrators are just going to stand by and wait for students to come there.

Right....

[El-Moldo]

Don't parents of kids attending private schools pay taxes too? So they get double-dipped. Tuition and taxes. Makes you wonder how parents' with multiple kids in private schools do it?

[CRLionDawg]

My wife and her 10 sibs all attended a catholic school south of Pittsburgh. Her folks sacrificed for them to go there. So what is your point?

A well managed school of choice program drives all schools to perform at a higher level. Those that dont go out of business. Plain and simple. Private or Public.

[El-Moldo]

As good catholics, how much of a tuition discount did they get?

[CRLionDawg]

I cant say for sure but I do know they did get a break for having such a big family.

[Pale Rider]

Like an old Bill Cosby routine: "The Pope says ya gotta do it!" (be fruitful, and multiply).

[CRLionDawg]

If you beleive then you will be shown the way!

[longball5]

Private vs. Public? Not a level playing field....Private takes whom they want....they can turn away or remove.....Public cannot in the same fashion...if a student wants to transfer in to a public school, for whatever reason, there are very few chances that the public school will not accept them...plain and simple...and this affects the level of classification....I agree that some (SOME) public teachers are protected by certain union rights, but public teachers are subjected to a different set of circumstances on a daily basis....

Now, if you tell me that I can run a public program, and without penalty, somehow have the better student/athletes in the area to transfer to my school, for whatever reason they may give, I'd like my chances to compete every year....especially when it probably won't affect my classification....

It is not a level playing field, based on the rules not only instituted by public schools but also by the state and federal government....

What students usually attend private school? Those with possibly educated, certainly motivated parents who want a different setting and set of rules than in the public school...Does the private school setting benefit some? Yes....does it benefit all? Not necessarily....

Play by the same rules and laws, then compare the two...vouchers would simply gut the public schools of the most motivated (not all, but many)...and if a student doesn't adhere to the rules at a private school, then they are sent back to public school...all schools would end up like city schools....those that can afford and adapt get the best, everyone else gets the leftovers....wouldn't I love to have the control that is afforded in a private setting...but, that's not the case, and we must deal with reality the best we can.....

again, theory is wonderful, but deal with the reality...give me the control and choices, and let's see how things turn out....