@Zahlanzi said - "Schools in the US have their budgets tied to property tax (another great American idea). "
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EoT: The real estate agents in Massachusetts say that the #1 priority for young couples in choosing a home
is the school district that services the residence. People will buy the best school system that they can afford.
And as you may imagine, the people in Cambridge feel jilted. They paid the price but had the rug pulled out from under.
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@Zahlanzi said - I don't know what their budget is and what was saved because of
this cut (maybe it was indeed the bonus of some bloated administrator)
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EoT: Cambridge is a rich city. The action was not a financial one. The Politically Correct decided that there were too few people of color.
That's the kiss of death right there
@zahlanzi saidWhat a clever way to keep the poor in their place and secure advantage for the richer parents children thus cementing the racial and class systems in the US.
Schools in the US have their budgets tied to property tax (another great American idea). I don't know what their budget is and what was saved because of this cut (maybe it was indeed the bonus of some bloated administrator)
Fun fact: i had a kinda mathematically challenged friend in middle school. When he emmigrated to the US he was suddenly top of his class because he ...[text shortened]... ols and that the money available is tied to how rich the parents in that neighborhood are is lunacy.
@earl-of-trumps said"I don't see how cutting the program helps"----Vivify
Hmmmm,, Now suppose we cancel the football program because we can't get enough white people on the team