Ah, so your town is trying to operate like a publicly traded company and cut costs and force the teachers to do more with less and produce the same results. Except instead of appeasing stockholders, they’re causing harm to kids of all learning levels diminished returns.

What is your town’s goal in having a classroom with kids from a wide range of abilities this late in their age?

FWIW, I have two coworkers who are avid skiers. One grew up in British Columbia near Vancouver and the other in Utah. They both primarily go to Vermont as they claim it’s the best skiing in the East. Jay Peak, Mad River and Stowe are their top picks. I know because they love to talk about skiing and have gone up a few times with them.

For New England, Vermont is the best state to ski, followed by Maine and then New Hampshire.

I had a cousin who leans very right that would go on and on about liberal politics and how it’s ruining the country. He and his family moved to the Florida panhandle and after a half year in their public schools, needed to send their kids to private schools because the schools were so far behind where their kids were in Massachusetts. Also, when asked to list how the liberal politics are making his life in Massachusetts difficult, he would struggle to give actual reasons.

For work, I’ve had to travel a lot to Texas. There are some nice places to visit, but living there would be hell. I am talking about the Metroplex. No mountains. No ocean. Endless cookie cutter subdivisions where the houses are within a few feet of each other. Just bland, basic neighborhoods. No natural beauty of any kind. Then you have the oppressive heat for 4 months of the year.

They’ll complain about staffing levels and being forced to work so much OT. Then when a solution comes along to free up their time by not needing to work details at construction sites, or road work, they will complain about how only they are qualified and the added work is necessary.