Imagine how bad this picture would be if the kids were older.
Brockton, Massachusetts–Rocky Marciano’s home town–I spent a few weeks there, back in the 1970s: a very nice blue-collar town.
It must have changed some. The Brockton school board has called on the governor and the mayor to bring in the National Guard to restore order in the high school.
The details are kind of sketchy, but we are told that the school is becoming unmanageable due to “violence and drugs” among the students. I’ve had teaching assignments that could be described that way, but never to the point where they had to call in the National Guard. It must be worse than anything I’ve ever seen–and that was bad enough.
Brockton is waiting for the governor’s decision.
Public education is broken. It has to be replaced. And until it is, the kids are better off at home.
Sheesh, it was bad in my day, but nothing like this.
This is so sad. I hope more parents will be able to home school their children.
I really liked Brockton while I was there–this is too bad.
Our high schools have armed security guards.
I don’t know what Brockton has. Whatever it is, it doesn’t seem enough.