On 16 Aug 2012 19:48:34 GMT, Han wrote:

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So you're saying that *NONE* of the children in that school get an
education? I'd say it's time to close it down. Here they have a thing
called "charter schools". Perhaps it's time for a rich Northern state
like New Jersey to learn from the poor South.

This is the poor North we are talking about. Where the state has taken
some jurisdiction over some school districts.

With your huge taxes, why is it so poor, Han. Could it be because they're
PAYING TOO MUCH?

In Paterson they are called academies. This is what Paterson did, as I
understand it. They closed the school. Then they open the "academies"
(maybe next to a "regular" school) and select from the fired teachers (I
believe just about all were RIF'ed) who will be rehired and get which
kind of kids for which subject. Of course all in the same old building,
with new signs, probably also more administrators.

That sounds like New Jersey. In with the new school - same as the old school.
If you find yourself getting in deeper, stop digging!

My SIL did well, some other teachers not so. He seems appreciated by the
alumni who took his lessons to heart. I am confident he teaches math,
manners and demeanor equally well; he is the kind of guy who can wear a
T-shirt declaiming "Sarcasm, just another service we offer".

He probably has no business working in the public sector.