Palm Beach County Schools and the ACLU

The Sun-Sentinel reports that the Palm Beach County School Board is being sued by the ACLU (on behalf of parents and students, of course) for "failing to provide students with a high-quality education guaranteed under the state constitution". The ACLU cites low graduation rates as the major cause of the lawsuit.


There are, of course, calls for folks to do something. Predictably, money is in the equation. The Palm Beach County superintendant wants the ACLU to concentrate "on bringing more resources to public education." By resources, he probably means money. But a little research (schoolmatters.com) shows that the district spent $10,529 per student in 2005. One has to wonder if more money is really needed...

[just read the the ACLU is pulling the same extortion/stunt in Palm Springs FL]

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