Poll: Ohio mom jailed for sending kids to a better school district. Your thoughts?
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Actually, the father of her daughter lives in the district where he daughter "illegally" went to school. I'm surprised that Mrs. Williams-Bolar's lawyer didn't argue that due to one of the child's parent, if not guardian, lived in that district then the child should have the option of attending that district's schools.bob1052 said:
Do more research before posting such uniformed statements. Kelley Williams-Bolar is working as a teacher's aide. She was taking courses to become a teacher. So you think someone with a job that is horrifically underpaid, while spending money to gain teacher certification, can afford to live in an expensive community?bob1052 said:
My sister did EXACTLY what this situation did. My sister lived with me mother, as I did, and she attended school in a neighboring community, where my father lived. Amusingly enough, she received a great elementary education in a great charter school in a community which is a LOWER MEAN PROPERTY VALUE than the community she grew up in.
Funny thing is, I'm white, as is my sister, and we were never investigated over where my sister attended school. Race and class are huge factors at play here.
Oh no she wanted to give her children a better education, that evil law defying woman. Let's send her to prison because she has done something really wrong and let us set this murderer, who has a great lawyer, free.
Seriously, just because it's against the law doesn't mean it's wrong. The law changes constantly. Go to a place a few mile away and you have a different law. The law isn't absolute. They should make these kind of decisions based on the situation.
Seriously, just because it's against the law doesn't mean it's wrong. The law changes constantly. Go to a place a few mile away and you have a different law. The law isn't absolute. They should make these kind of decisions based on the situation.
I believe everyone has the right to attend any public school they wish. But I also believe if they don't want to send their kid to the local one that is within walking distance or reasonable bus distance, that it's the parents responsibility for getting the kid there.
Long as the school wasn't paying anything other then the teachers who were all ready getting paid, regardless of this child's attendance, then the argument is moot.
Long as the school wasn't paying anything other then the teachers who were all ready getting paid, regardless of this child's attendance, then the argument is moot.
This kind of thing just causes Australians to shake their heads and go 'only in America'. There'd be a national outcry here if someone was stupid enough to try and charge a parent for this. You can take your kids to any private school you want, and our public schools are all funded by the state and federal government. What's this nonsense about different school districts paying different tax rates?
My mom did the same thing when I was younger, because if she dident, I would have been forced to go to a school near a gang hotspot, so no, this is crap.
Your taxes at work.
This is why families can stay in poverty for generations, if a parent lives in a poor area and can't supply quality resources and education, that mediocracy can compound.
Can America really be the land of the free when money determines what you're allowed to do?
That said, she did break the law, I just see why she felt she had to.
This is why families can stay in poverty for generations, if a parent lives in a poor area and can't supply quality resources and education, that mediocracy can compound.
Can America really be the land of the free when money determines what you're allowed to do?
That said, she did break the law, I just see why she felt she had to.
Apparently my school, and I think all schools in the area (I can't remember if that's the district or the province) are getting a massive budget cut, the reasoning for which I am unawares, and should probably talk to something about.
Now, I'm sure I have a second cousin who lives in Ontario, or something.
(I agree, morally justified, legally guilty. I'd really like it if one school district or the other wasn't "better" than the other, and then we wouldn't have these problems. But, I know jack about economy and taxes and little about politics. I can't deal)
Now, I'm sure I have a second cousin who lives in Ontario, or something.
(I agree, morally justified, legally guilty. I'd really like it if one school district or the other wasn't "better" than the other, and then we wouldn't have these problems. But, I know jack about economy and taxes and little about politics. I can't deal)
What the hell. Is this a US only thing? I don't think I've seen anything like this in Canada, I could attend any high school I wanted.
If she were actually morally in the right she wouldn't have gone to the extreme measures of having her father falsify court documents to go around the system. Seriously...how can anyone even remotely encourage that kind of behavior?
Yeah, the literacy rates are up, but they are starting to drop due to kids not giving a damn. Oh wait, I live in Illinois...sorry about that.../sarcasm.Dags90 said:
OT: Legally, she was in the wrong. But I would give it to her on morals, but that's cause I've been in one of the worst school districts in the state of Illinois, I think only Belleville and East St. Louis are beneath us, but I may be wrong.
Apparently they have a school-district based tax system. She and her daughters didn't live in it therefore didn't pay the implied tuition of the school. Teachers and administrators don't work for free.
This is America. You get what you pay for. Morally correct? Possibly. But she broke the rules, and was aware of the possibility of punishment, and so, got the book thrown at her.
This is America. You get what you pay for. Morally correct? Possibly. But she broke the rules, and was aware of the possibility of punishment, and so, got the book thrown at her.
If I had to choose between sending my kids to Akron schools, or break this ridiculous law....Jail, here I come.
I think what she did is fine. Her father lives in that town and pays taxes to help that school and he doesn't even have kids going there. Why should he be paying for the schools upkeep? Letting his grandchildren go there gives him a valid reason to pay those taxes that they're going to take from him regardless.
I think what she did is fine. Her father lives in that town and pays taxes to help that school and he doesn't even have kids going there. Why should he be paying for the schools upkeep? Letting his grandchildren go there gives him a valid reason to pay those taxes that they're going to take from him regardless.
An absolute joke. It's funny how lawmakers will hold people like this accountable for breaking such a sdrawkcab law . . . but at the same time, they're the ones that set up such a system.
We see something similar here in SEVA - the city's districts are jerrymandered into such a way that certain schools recieve more funding than others, and children from certain castes attend specific schools, and coincidentally, they turn out better students.
We see something similar here in SEVA - the city's districts are jerrymandered into such a way that certain schools recieve more funding than others, and children from certain castes attend specific schools, and coincidentally, they turn out better students.