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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: WalleyB who wrote (9849)	3/6/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Jim, I would agree that there is a level of administration in the public school system which perhaps could be reduced or eliminated in some school districts. At the same time, I have read several reports recently that there is a shortage of counselors. I think counselors are important because teachers should be too busy teaching to give much time to counseling, and also because good counselors identify children at risk because of many factors, and work with their parents in obtaining tutoring or psychological evaluation or whatever may be needed. I think the problems that children may develop are always dealt with more quickly and completely the younger the child is, and some of these issues also get in the way of learning. I have never run into even one of the problems you are describing in the schools, however, so I cannot really comment, but I am puzzled. In San Francisco, there are gifted and talented programs for the enrichment of bright children starting at kindergarten, and honors classes for students who excel in a particular subject, starting in seventh grade. There is a poet in residence at my child's school, and most of her teachers have advanced degrees and have won awards, or are part of the master teacher program, where the best teachers teach the newer ones. Her seventh grade math/science teacher was a Harvard graduate. My problem is that these riches are only available at charter/magnet schools, and it seems inequitable. I think it is possible to provide excellent public schools for all children.