Re: another Chicago hero

[Scott Hays <shays@ccwebster.net>]

On Sep 10, 2006, at 3:21 AM, arn-l-owner@interversity.org wrote:

> Right.  McGreal didn't close the door on the kids - he just   
> refused to open
> it and told them to go somewhere else.  Thanks for clearing  that  
> up.  I'm
> sure that made all the difference in the world to the  parents and  
> kids who were
> turned away.  Here we have a new principle  in American education,  
> which
> should be called the Hays Principle:  Kids  showing up at the  
> schoolhouse door are
> somebody else's  problem.

Art ... what do you not understand about the fact that there ARE  
schools in Chicago with lots of space, but kids are being forced into  
overcrowded schools so that a few "privileged" kids won't have to  
face overcrowded conditions?  The affected children are not "someone  
else's problem" ... they are the problem of a school district that  
set upon a course providing special treatment for SOME kids while  
denying similar treatment for the rest.  The "problem" is also easily  
resolved ... it doesn't take a rocket scientist or an idealogue  
(right or left wing) to recognize and admit that maybe some of those  
undercrowded schools can let in the overflow!

Which was the original point made.

Scott Hays
shays@ccwebster.net

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