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re: LA officials OK new charter 4 dyslexic students in Jefferson Parish despite some concerns
Posted on 8/22/25 at 5:47 pm to 4cubbies
Posted on 8/22/25 at 5:47 pm to 4cubbies
Louisiana Key Academy is not your typical charter school. Schools for dyslexic children are a godsend to families with a dyslexic child. My son went to private school until 3rd grade. He struggled so much in school. He was diagnosed with dyslexia after the 1st grade.
I put his name in the lottery at The Max Charter School in Thibodaux. Yes, they have a waitlist. He was selected and we carpooled to Thibodaux since we are 45 minutes away.
The school only has 120 students in grades 1-8. 2 classrooms per grade, so 7 or 8 kids in each class. The teachers are all certified for teaching the dyslexia curriculum. It was the best thing to happen to our family.
In 7th grade he wanted to go to school with his twin brother and since we were the last one left from the area in the carpool. He still struggles in school but he’s not making F’s. He passes and is thriving, happy, and involved in sports.
I put his name in the lottery at The Max Charter School in Thibodaux. Yes, they have a waitlist. He was selected and we carpooled to Thibodaux since we are 45 minutes away.
The school only has 120 students in grades 1-8. 2 classrooms per grade, so 7 or 8 kids in each class. The teachers are all certified for teaching the dyslexia curriculum. It was the best thing to happen to our family.
In 7th grade he wanted to go to school with his twin brother and since we were the last one left from the area in the carpool. He still struggles in school but he’s not making F’s. He passes and is thriving, happy, and involved in sports.
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Posted on 8/22/25 at 6:14 pm to 4cubbies
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This could be true but the same grace is not extended to students with dyslexia at traditional public schools.
And who is trying to shut down traditional public schools?
Not to mention, wouldn’t the ideal situation be a specialized school to help these students?
Posted on 8/22/25 at 7:27 pm to 4cubbies
My oldest had a 132 iq but, also, dyslexia.
A separate charter school would be fine if it actually worked but having an "f" is absurd because dyslexic students should have accommodations during standardized testing.
I would not allow an intelligent child to go to such a school. It will be a warehouse that will drain their soul.
There is so much tech that dyslexia can pretty much be a nonissue out of school. Got to keep them out of places like that.
A separate charter school would be fine if it actually worked but having an "f" is absurd because dyslexic students should have accommodations during standardized testing.
I would not allow an intelligent child to go to such a school. It will be a warehouse that will drain their soul.
There is so much tech that dyslexia can pretty much be a nonissue out of school. Got to keep them out of places like that.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:19 pm to ironwood
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My oldest had a 132 iq but, also, dyslexia.
Albert Einstein is suspected to have been dyslexic.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:22 pm to Antonio Moss
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And who is trying to shut down traditional public schools?
Charter schools defund traditional public schools.
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wouldn’t the ideal situation be a specialized school to help these students?
Warehousing kids with learning disabilities in a “separate but equal” school sounds like the worst option. Early intervention and accommodations in a regular classroom setting is likely optimal.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:27 pm to 4cubbies
I don't have anything to add other than "Teachers are the real heroes".
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:32 pm to David_DJS
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She just hates how charter schools are promoted in red states.
Blue states typically claim to value public education. Red states vilify teachers and preach the gospel of charter schools and school vouchers (a verifiable grift).
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:32 pm to 4cubbies
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Charter schools defund traditional public schools.
Arizona’s public schools are set to break the record for spending this year, nearing a whopping $15,000 per pupil, as they also receive $800 million more in state and local taxpayer funding compared to last year. This funding surge, which comes as demand for Arizona’s universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program continues to grow, should be a shock to naysayers who claimed that ESAs would decimate funding for public schools.
Cubbies doesn't know her industry
This post was edited on 8/22/25 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:37 pm to David_DJS
Does Arizona give each school equal funding regardless of enrollment? I’ve never heard of a funding model that would provide a school with a 200 student enrollment and a school with a 500 student enrollment with equal funding. You’re right, I don’t know the specifics about school funding in AZ. I would have never guessed they provided equal funding to schools with wildly different student enrollments.
ETA google says AZ schools receive per pupil funding like schools in every other state.
ETA google says AZ schools receive per pupil funding like schools in every other state.
This post was edited on 8/22/25 at 8:40 pm
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:41 pm to 4cubbies
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Does Arizona give each school equal funding regardless of enrollment? I’ve never heard of a funding model that would provide a school with a 200 student enrollment and a school with a 500 student enrollment with equal funding. You’re right, I don’t know the specifics about school funding in AZ. I would have never guessed they provided equal funding to schools with wildly different student enrollments.
In Arizona, funding goes with the student. Mom/Dad decide where the kid goes to school - public, charter or private - the public funding for that student follows him/her. Parents LOVE it. Public teacher unions think it's racist, misogynistic, transphobic, Russian-influenced, and in spite of academic results saying otherwise, harmful to students.
This post was edited on 8/22/25 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:49 pm to 4cubbies
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Does Arizona give each school equal funding regardless of enrollment? I’ve never heard of a funding model that would provide a school with a 200 student enrollment and a school with a 500 student enrollment with equal funding. You’re right, I don’t know the specifics about school funding in AZ. I would have never guessed they provided equal funding to schools with wildly different student enrollments. ETA google says AZ schools receive per pupil funding like schools in every other state.
Here’s some proof that teachers are dumber than surgeons. A surgeon would have noted that per pupil funding dramatically increased. Meaning even schools losing students were getting more money per remaining student. You somehow missed this.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:54 pm to the808bass
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A surgeon would have noted that per pupil funding dramatically increased.
And these increases happened over a period of time when charter schools went from serving no students to now over 20% of all AZ students.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 8:58 pm to the808bass
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Here’s some proof that teachers are dumber than surgeons. A surgeon would have noted that per pupil funding dramatically increased
Are you claiming to be a surgeon now? You stopped pushing paper at a healthcare facility bloated with paper pishers and started performing surgeries recently?
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You somehow missed this.
I gave too much credit to the person who apparently doesn’t understand that when a student leaves a traditional public school to go to a charter school, the public school loses the funding it received for educating that student. Mea culpa.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:10 pm to 4cubbies
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I gave too much credit to the person who apparently doesn’t understand that when a student leaves a traditional public school to go to a charter school, the public school loses the funding it received for educating that student. Mea culpa.
If only the world worked like this, right? You could decide for everyone else what they know/think, that way you wouldn't have to be wrong so often.
Yeah, the funding for the student leaves the public school, but so does the student's cost. No person that puts students first would have a problem with that.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:13 pm to 4cubbies
All of this is a steaming pile of ad hominem and non sequiturs.
Flail on.
Flail on.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:16 pm to David_DJS
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If only the world worked like this, right? You could decide for everyone else what they know/think, that way you wouldn't have to be wrong so often.
How many times have you claimed I don’t know anything about charter schools or education in general? But you don’t like it when your own ignorance is exposed? Cry me a river.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 9:55 pm to 4cubbies
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How many times have you claimed I don’t know anything about charter schools or education in general?
You've demonstrated over and over that you're ignorant about charter schools.
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But you don’t like it when your own ignorance is exposed? Cry me a river.
Do you seriously think I didn't understand that when Johnny walks out of a public school with his $10K funding and enrolls in a charter school, that the public school lost Johnny and his funding?
And this is fake on your part. You know you didn't correct something or inform anyone of something. You're deflecting because your position on charter schools is fricked in the head from the perspective of the student, the parents - pretty much everybody but the teachers unions.
Posted on 8/22/25 at 10:00 pm to David_DJS
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Do you seriously think I didn't understand that when Johnny walks out of a public school with his $10K funding and enrolls in a charter school, that the public school lost Johnny and his funding?
Considering you told me I don’t know much about education after I said that charter schools defund traditional public schools- what am I supposed to think? What did you mean by that?
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And this is fake on your part. You know you didn't correct something or inform anyone of something.
After you’ve spent multiple posts telling me how ignorant I am about the topic of discussion, you’re criticizing me because I didn’t teach you something? Good grief.
This post was edited on 8/22/25 at 10:03 pm
Posted on 8/22/25 at 10:13 pm to 4cubbies
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Considering you told me I don’t know much about education after I said that charter schools defund traditional public schools- what am I supposed to think? What did you mean by that?
You might have thought that I assumed you read what I linked or looked at the graph I posted, where it showed that even as charter schools flourished in AZ - funding for public schools dramatically outpaced inflation.
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After you’ve spent multiple posts telling me how ignorant I am about the topic of discussion, you’re criticizing me because I didn’t teach you something? Good grief
Weak. Nobody thinks you're this retarded. You just have no argument so you resort to this kind of nonsense.
It's curious why someone that (I assume) cares most about students would be so opposed to charter schools when they have proven effective, and for many disadvantaged kids served as a lifeline out of shitty inner-city schools.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 9:13 am to David_DJS
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where it showed that even as charter schools flourished in AZ - funding for public schools dramatically outpaced inflation.
It’s hard for me to take this data seriously when this sentence is found in the original source below a chart you reposted here:
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In addition, despite the incessant drumbeat of teachers union talking points trying to convince the public otherwise…
It’s clearly biased.
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