gay highschool - 11/19/08 11:29 PM
So in Chicago Daley changed his tune and APPROVED the gay high school, only to have the people who originally started the whole thing change THEIR minds because the idea got "watered down". And by watered down, I mean it went from being a school for gay kids to go and feel safe to a school where any child could go who felt bullied, mistreated etc. Apparently it's ok for heterosexual kids to be tormented in regular school, because unless the school can be strictly for gays, they aren't interested. The last I heard on it today is that they are going to wait a year. I'm not sure what the point is in waiting for a year, now that they finally got the approval and support they needed.
It's MY opinion that this type of "special" school should not be state funded anyway. If they want a "safe" place with "special" curriculum, I see that as being no different than a private christian school where parents send their kids to get them away from public school influences (ha ha) and for the christian based curriculum. If people and parents are so concerned, I think they should fund this privately and not use tax payer dollars.
It's MY opinion that this type of "special" school should not be state funded anyway. If they want a "safe" place with "special" curriculum, I see that as being no different than a private christian school where parents send their kids to get them away from public school influences (ha ha) and for the christian based curriculum. If people and parents are so concerned, I think they should fund this privately and not use tax payer dollars.