We're among the fortunate ones - not only do we have the resources to send her to private school if the public schools are in crisis, we also have several community theatre groups in and around our community and I freelance so I can be available to chauffeur her around to rehearsals and shows as needed. I want her to have the experience of being part of the sort of consistent group that forms around high school activities, but if she can't have that, at least she has ways to be involved in the theatre no matter what. Not all kids are going to have that, especially not in our relatively low-income, rural school district. So I hate to see these programs on the chopping block and I hope our state or federal leaders come through with a way to offset the C
That varies from place to place. Here, you can't... unless you're enrolled in the public schools, you cannot take part in public school athletics.