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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Would you break the law to get your child an education?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Last week, a Cobb County mother was acquitted of falsifying legal documents to put her children in a school outside of the district in which they resided.
Most parents want the best education for their kids but for various reasons, we all can’t live in the districts that seem to provide the best public school system. Parents who can afford private school at least have an option, but parents without options can get creative — which sometimes involves breaking the law.
Henry and Fayette county residents complain their schools are overcrowded and resources stretched thin due to an influx of DeKalb and Clayton students, as well as children of illegal immigrants (whose parents may not be paying taxes at all), illegally attending their schools. Taxpayers in these and other Metro Atlanta counties believe their children’s education is suffering and do not appreciate paying taxes for out-of-district students.
In 2006, Fayette county public schools removed several students from their system, the majority of whom resided in Clayton county. Like Cobb, Fayette attempted but failed to convict those parents. Nevertheless, Henry county taxpayers would like to follow their lead and see an attempt at prosecution.
Like many counties, Clayton has good and bad schools. Jonesboro High just won the National Mock Trial Championship (not including their State Championship win for the second year in a row and fourth time since 2002!).
Oliver Elementary and North Clayton Middle won the MathFest in five different grade levels back in March. I’ll bet there are other good things happening at CCPS but unfortunately the good never gets as much publicity as the negative does.
But the bottom line is, should a child be denied the best education available based on the parental decision to live in a certain area? Would you risk prosecution to ensure your child gets a good education? Could you jail a parent who risked it all to get their child the best education possible?
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