2007 Senate Bill 719: Require schools to honor parents of twins requests

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Introduced by Sen. Valde Garcia (R) on September 4, 2007, to require a public school to honor a request from the parent of multiple birth siblings (twins, triplets, etc.) to either place the children in the same classroom or in different classrooms (assuming there is more than one classroom for a grade).
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on September 4, 2007.

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1) Re: 2007 Senate Bill 719 (Require schools to honor parents of twins requests ) by crazycajun on February 5, 2009

in my experience, the parent paying the bill is the one that PAYS THE RENT AND THE LIGHT BILLS. there ARE private schools that have a serious 'in loco parentis" problem, but they are usually military academies.

I NEVER SAID TO USE THE CLOSEST PRIVATE SCHOOL. i said FIND ONE. that means looking around.

one of the things vouchers would do is allow parents that live near poor public schools to go across town to go to a BETTER PUBLIC SCHOOL.

IF the schools are poor, and parents have no choice but to send their children to the poor school, then you are dominating, not just controlling their lives. if the schools are superior, and you don't give the parents the choice of whether or not to send their child to the MOST superior school, you are also dominating their lives.

the voucher program would pump more taxpayer money into the schools that are percieved as superior, and less into the schools that are percieved as poor. this MIGHT totally eliminate the poor schools through atrition.

if the parent believes in public education, he should have the right to send their children to the BEST public school, not just the closest.

yes, vouchers will DO THAT TOO...

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2) Re: 2007 Senate Bill 719 (Require schools to honor parents of twins requests ) by SaneMichigander on February 5, 2009

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well said, mich...

but there IS a choice.

yank your kid out of the public school and find a good private school to send them to instead. then your wishes WILL be respected.

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That choice only exists to the extent a decent private school is available in your area. Not all private schools are quality schools.

Also, it is unsafe to assume all private schools will cater to whimsical requests or demands by the parents of children who attend. The better private schools have pretty strict "in loco parentis" policies and traditions that may not quite jibe with today's self-absorbed attitudes and parenting.

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3) Re: 2007 Senate Bill 719 (Require schools to honor parents of twins requests ) by crazycajun on February 5, 2009

well said, mich...

but there IS a choice.

yank your kid out of the public school and find a good private school to send them to instead. then your wishes WILL be respected.

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