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Mark M · 01-17-2001, 09:26 AM

Oxford--
You have every right to be pi$$ed-off about the school mess. I am as well. My mother-in-law teaches in KC schools (4th grade at Wheatley) and has outdated books (if any at all) and has to put up with an incredible amount of shit because of the loss of accreditation. What saddens me about the whole issue of deseg. is the fact that the [i]city[/i] is segregated, not the district. And for some judge to tell the district what to do, whether or not the intention is a good idea, is what I find so disturbing. Hell, even in Raytown we had science books that were older than I was at the time ... half of the crap in them was outdated.

But Ashcroft's handling of the case is what I find questionable. He delayed action that came directly from a court order. I admire his reasoning: that deseg. was wrongly imposed and the means in which it was imposed was wrong as well. But, again, it was a court order. Right or wrong, it was the [i]law[/i].

MM
~~Believes that the highest official in the Justice Department should follow the law, whether or not he/she agrees with it.

[Edited by Mark M on 01-17-2001 at 11:43 AM]

01-17-2001, 09:26 AM	#50
Mark M What time is it? Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: You tell me ... Casino cash: $9884900	Oxford-- You have every right to be pi$$ed-off about the school mess. I am as well. My mother-in-law teaches in KC schools (4th grade at Wheatley) and has outdated books (if any at all) and has to put up with an incredible amount of shit because of the loss of accreditation. What saddens me about the whole issue of deseg. is the fact that the [i]city[/i] is segregated, not the district. And for some judge to tell the district what to do, whether or not the intention is a good idea, is what I find so disturbing. Hell, even in Raytown we had science books that were older than I was at the time ... half of the crap in them was outdated. But Ashcroft's handling of the case is what I find questionable. He delayed action that came directly from a court order. I admire his reasoning: that deseg. was wrongly imposed and the means in which it was imposed was wrong as well. But, again, it was a court order. Right or wrong, it was the [i]law[/i]. MM ~~Believes that the highest official in the Justice Department should follow the law, whether or not he/she agrees with it. [Edited by Mark M on 01-17-2001 at 11:43 AM] __________________ ChiefsPlanet -- n. The place where brilliant minds assemble to willfully pool ignorance with questionable logic in order to reach absurd conclusions.
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