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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:01 AM Original message |
Metro Detroit schools coping with surge of homeless children |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Will somebody remind me why we're in Iraq? |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Cuz Halliburton needs the money. |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. You act as if a Trillion dollars here rather than there could do anything |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. How about three trillion dollars? |
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MidwestTransplant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Ok fine, 3T might build a few schools over here, but compared to the benefit |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. My district won an award for its homeless programs |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. do they separate homeless families? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. No; the kids stay enrolled where they were before they became homeless |
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Coexist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. so they stay with their parents? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. In a shelter yes |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:50 AM Response to Original message |
6. I lost all my friends every year as a GI brat |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. Oh, that is so sad! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Detroit's public schools graduate about 25-percent of the kids who begin in kindergarten. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The problems with detroit schools |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It is a lot more expensive to educate poor kids |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Ask youself why its harder |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Wow way too much to even know where to start |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Not any more but I have had to teach classrooms of 10-15 kids in the past |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I am going to have to ask for some support for your statements |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I posted to you a link above |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Don't imply teachers are incompetent |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 08:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Fair enough.. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Those 75% who don't graduate can just go curl up and die |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
9. That just breaks my heart. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
13. This has got to impair self-esteem at a formative age. |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
24. Lets do some quick math, shall we? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Because blame is such a productive strategy. n/t |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 10:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Yeah, that $9 mil. just ate up all of Detroit's school budget |
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