September 26, 2004

EAT WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE PARKED:

38% of teachers pick private school (MAUDLYNE IHEJIRIKA, September 26, 2004, Chicago Sun Times)

More than a third of Chicago Public School teachers send their children to private schools, a new report finds.

They are not alone in snubbing the system where they work. Nationwide, urban public school teachers are more likely than other parents to enroll their kids in private schools, according to the report by the Washington, D.C.-based Fordham Institute and based on 2000 Census data.

CPS ranks third among the 50 largest school systems in the proportion of teacher households that send the kids to private school -- 38.7 percent.

That compares to 22.6 percent of non-teacher households in Chicago that send children to private schools.

"That's a pretty scary statistic," said parent Idida Perez, local school council member at Kelvyn Park and Prosser high schools. "What comes to mind is, 'What's wrong with my school that my school's not good enough for your kids?' "


The teachers sure aren't leaving their own kids behind.

Posted by Orrin Judd at September 26, 2004 10:23 AM
Comments

These statistics have been out there for years. But maybe the population most affected is just beginning to wake up. They should call Sen. Mary Landreiu and ask her about it.

Posted by: jim hamlen at September 26, 2004 1:15 PM

"Eat where the trucks are parked"...
That was true in the seventies, but no more. Now the trucks are parked at the same chain restaurants that every other traveler on the Interstates eats at, and the really good greasy spoons don't have parking lots big enough for modern rigs. (Which are usually 75' long, as opposed to the typical 70's length of 57').

Many municipalities require city employees to live within city limits - Perhaps public schools should require that teachers' children attend public schools.
After all, aren't these teachers robbing the public school system of state and Federal funds, by reducing headcounts ?

Posted by: Michael Herdegen at September 27, 2004 2:44 AM

What's wrong with chain restaurants? Catholic schools are basically a chain and they're excellent and cheap..

Posted by: oj at September 27, 2004 8:44 AM

Nothing's wrong with chain restaurants, but you don't need a truck driver to point 'em out to you.

Posted by: Michael Herdegen at September 28, 2004 8:26 AM

If you pull off the highway and there are ten trucks parked at Hardee's and none at BK, you should take the hint.

Posted by: oj at September 28, 2004 8:48 AM
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