San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone?

Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by ransom1538 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:26AM (#13455511)

SF parent here.

The original idea was to mix up the student diversity. Poor kids would sometimes attend schools in expensive school distracts - Kids from expensive neighborhoods would attend poorer schools.

Hilariously not thought through. (just like rent control). All that actually happened was the rich kids yanked their children out of public school, the "in the middle parents" put their kids into catholic school (which is 1/5 the cost of private here). The poor kids then had to beg their parents to get across the city -- WHICH THE PARENTS could not. What a mess.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by equalarrow on Sunday January 22, 2017 @10:49AM (#13455637)

Also, the rich folks get a place in the poorer neighborhoods (we've talked to people that just pay an additional rent and don't even move there) which then gets them their first choice.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:San Francisco Asks: Where Have All the Children Gone? by tlogan on Sunday January 22, 2017 @01:57PM (#13456566)

Exactly.

And the poor kids are the one which end up suffering the most since they are mainly single parent families and/or they really do not have time driving kids around.

[ Parent | on HN ]