PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Solutions suggested

Could there be any greater warnings than the status of our Kootenai County public schools? ‘Something is wrong with the System? (Sept. 26 in the Coeur d’Alene Press) Presently, a large percentage of our kids ‘graduate’ without needing to know how to ‘read?’ Most of our kids kids don’t need to know math, and they graduate from our local high schools? Now, virtually every student can graduate and nobody is held back? In spite of this, presently, about 20% of our youth are ‘driven’ to create futures and persevere through Advanced Placement classes and enter America’s universities. This can leave about 80% of our youth virtually unprepared for life.

I taught in public schools. The district ‘staff’ was completely uninvolved with what went on in the districts’ classrooms. Teachers there could teach what they wanted. Is this not the case in our public schools?

Solutions.

1) Install TV cameras to monitor every class.

2) The Press — The status of our public schools must be reported upon to guarantee far better results from our public schools and far better futures for our youth.

What could possibly be more important to this county than decent local public schools? They control the futures of 90% of our youth, and, thereby the nation’s future.

RONALD DEADY

Post Falls