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sleevieb t1_j8pe3zn wrote

Reply to comment by dr_nerdface in Fox Elementary Fundraiser Next Friday Night by bozatwork

Wherever the parents decide.

It’s a way to prop up schools with wealthy kids without having to fix root issues of systemic failure or god forbid letting too many poors in.

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RVAnus t1_j8pm2k1 wrote

Jesus Christ dude, you're willing to throw away a school with a 44% economically disadvantaged student body because your ideology says it's not ok to help rich white people too. This is a bullshit take and a big part of the reason RPS and Richmond as a whole struggle to make progress.

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sleevieb t1_j8qgi7p wrote

A system where the rich are able to help themselves over others in a system that is deficient is not equitable.

When the politicians couldn’t use the n word anymore they moved on to negro. When they became untenable they transitioned to “walkable schools”. The rationale for having a fundraiser for one school in a system that is failing is the same that justifies keeping the Richmond schools poor and the county ones rich and I had to call it as I see it in this thread.

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RVAnus t1_j8r60c5 wrote

You should be the one to explain to the economically disadvantaged families at Fox that their school shouldn't be allowed to fundraise for itself because some of other families are too wealthy.

You point to the disparity between city and county schools, and then propose actions that would only widen those divides.

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sleevieb t1_j8s5zw3 wrote

get rid of municipal school boards and de segregate the schools across all lines including cities and counties.

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bozatwork OP t1_j8sfxo3 wrote

Your point is so far beyond the scope of this conversation.

What have you personally done to effect any change?

I'm so worn out with critics. "The school should do this, the school should do that, I don't know why we can't just do X." Well, they have a limited budget and limited staff, if you have an idea you can propose it and help with fundraising and volunteering. It's not ideal, and maybe it's not right, but it's the reality we are living in and it's better than sitting on your laptop writing critiques wishing for a better system.

I have advocated for addressing the LCI funding which is the underlying issue for much of the inequity in Richmond. But I do not expect the General Assembly in our current administration to take the big political leap of doing anything to actually change it--especially when we all recognize we are about $2B behind on school updates.

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sleevieb t1_j8ske3c wrote

You don't get to dictate the scope of the conversation.

What I have or have not done has no baring on the legitimacy on my opinion. I have not worked to uphold the inequitable status quo while also claiming to be battling it as you have in here and as this fundraise seeks.

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You accuse me of what about ism but in this same post refuse to answer simple questions like "where does the funding go".

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I agree that "addressing LCI" funding will be innefective and that the current governmental structure is built to maintain the status quo and to minimize the will of the people.

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