re: First day back as a teacher at a south LA primary school

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This is what is wrong with public schools. People like you want as little involvement as possible and instead prefer to give ultimate authority to the school.

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Incorrect. Non-magnet public schools are representative of their community. It's no coincidence that the worst schools are also in the worst neighborhoods. Why? Because school administrations would rather shut up a mouthy parent to get them out of their hair than allow teachers the ability to discipline students the way the need to.

When Bonnie Sue comes into a parent-teacher meeting at 8am still smelling of cigarette smoke and Natty Light from the night before because she was too drunk to bathe last night and so hungover because she was running late this morning, that has a negative impact on their child(ren). I've got friends and family who teach in a variety of La public schools across the state and that story remains the same across the state.