I live in Clinton, I own a house here, I do my best to be a part of the community, my daughter goes to CES and my youngest will go to pre-school in the fall. I'm invested in this town. I like this town. This is why (for me) it feels wrong to give up on the schools and go somewhere else.
I really think that school choice makes it too easy for us to give up and move on. I know that statement makes a lot of you angry, but it's not a criticism of personal choices. There are many reasons that people choose other schools. But don't you think it's possible that if school choicing wasn't so easy, we would be more inclined to figure out a way to make our schools better?
At the same time, I'm not blind. I know that the school system has problems. The budget cuts worry me. The talk about "bad teachers" worries me. The talk about "nothing will ever change" worries me. But that's where I veer off the beaten path (at least for now). I believe things could change if parents got together and advocated for the school.
What is the best way to do that? I'm not sure yet. But that's what this process is about. Not just wanting to make a difference, but trying to figure out how to do that.
Am I being completely naive?
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