Sure, and if CPS hadn’t been known to be rife with abuse in some cases, ineffective in others, and if it actually improved the lives of the children from the families it “investigated”, as per the links I provided that you didn’t bother reading, I might agree with you. As it is, CPS involvement is just going to take…
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DA’s are police. They can bring charges on their own, as they have done here.
It’s really silly, and what’s worse is that no one criticizing this seems to be interested in the details of the policy or its effects. I’ve lived in California my whole life, and truancy was a jailable offense when I was a kid, Harris’ program wasn’t even implemented in SF until 2008 (after I graduated high school),…
I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion without complete investigation and find it hard to believe.
The program is still in place in SF, so no.
I’m aware. However, Harris was the CA AG in 2011, when these cases took place, and was the one who made the anti-truancy rules used in SF, state law. These were the only two people ever affected by Harris’ policy and clearly for good reason, so if you want to argue “two is too many” and “bad policy is bad because…
Even if one of the two allowed her second and third graders to miss 116 of 180 days of school in a year? And the other who kept her three children out of school for more than 20 days because she “slept in,” ignored two citations, and skipped out on attending the truancy program aimed at helping her? What’s the…
You haven’t explained why the policy was bad though, you’ve just linked to a disingenuous Jezebel article that conflates the SFUSD and LAUSD anti-truancy programs, which did not work the same. The SFUSD program was specifically designed to work in tandem with counseling services to provide the students and parents…
It’s Barry Kearney, actually...
That’s generous.
Definitely.
I think Holder would make a great president, but I agree, redistricting reform is more important in the long term. He wouldn’t be able to make much ground on it as president, but his endorsement could be a huge advantage for whoever he chooses, and I think he knows that. I had a feeling it would more or less go down…
Evans was always the best Chris.
He struggled with everyone over 25, not just boomers.
An education in basic fucking history backs it up, dipshit.
I know, but condescending to POC who say anything critical about Bernie, is standard operating procedure for Bernie stans, especially the white dudes. The reaction I got was expected. honestly, I think it’s good to expose these crazies for what they are. They become unhinged and start talking in circles, and devolve…
I’m not touting it as an accomplishment. I’m saying the demographic he struggles with is older voters, and reporters fudging the numbers to make it look like he’s struggling with specific minority demographics are being whole dishonest.