Cameron_james t1_j16p3vc wrote
Reply to comment by rocco45 in Parents, students take issue with handling of violence at Medford High School: Students walked out of class on Wednesday to protest what they described as an unsafe learning environment. by TouchDownBurrito
> I get wanting a less restrictive environment, but the conversation is always about the student with the problems, never about the other students negatively effected
It's $$$. School systems could send the children who exhibit violence - the ones who stab, the ones who throw chairs, the ones who grab others by the throat - to alternative schools with supportive staff who are experts in this field. But it costs more so they roll the dice that there won't be too many Colleen Ritzers or student victims.
We want amazing, incredible schools, yet we want low, low taxes. We want amazing public transportation and infrastructure for private transportation, yet we want low, low taxes. We want Mass and Cass to be safe and homeless free, yet we want low, low taxes. Etc, etc, etc...
We want an incredible society that runs smoothly, yet we half-ass everything.
Chippopotanuse t1_j184pzw wrote
Yes this does cost money.
And yes, lots of folks are misers and losers who aren’t willing to find schools properly to deal with the problem kids.
But - Mass did just vote for a 9% surtax on incomes over $1m to raise a few billion for more education funding.
Cameron_james t1_j18eg33 wrote
If the legislature holds current budget levels and ADDS that money in, we can attack some of these therapeutic and socioeconomic needs. I'm still cautious that it becomes new money in to maintain budget levels.
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