Name:   wix - Subject:   Progressive Schooling Date:   2/12/2018 6:16:45 PM

At the risk of our small covey of liberal idiots screaming "racist", I'll give my unbiased opinion of the progression of the school problem in all areas of the country, including Alabama.

Back in the 60s when integration was ordered by the courts no plan was instituted to accomplish an orderly integration of the dual systems, especially in the South.  The States and politicians were removed from the process, so the result is what we have today.  Judges appear to have no responsibility for the results of their decisions so we now have a mess.  If the courts had a brain they would have started in the first grade and integrated one class per year until the students coming from a less prepared system could catch up with the "privileged class".  That didn't happen, so we have a system that had to be dumbed down to the lowest denominator!  And that's what forced parents to move to better school systems, or put their kids in private schools...there was no other choice.  Call it "white flight" or whatever you want, but there's a valid reason.  Today we have largely segregated schools systems caused by the court orders not preparing and planning a proper integration.  The school system I aattended now has 7 white students in the 1200 student system, and it didn't have to be that way.  Think about it.

For those who think it's all about the money.....BS!!  Parents, students, and teachers all have to want a successful education system.  We're exactly back where we were in the 50's, because some citizens want a good education system and some couldn't care less.......