Drastic Cuts Proposed For Detroit Schools

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Might as well shut down the whole system. Students and parents will either flee or fight. Problem is that there is no place for 70K students to suddenly go to. We may be seeing our own version of Tahrir Square or Madison.

No you won't. People would actually have to care, which, clearly by the current condition of DPS, they don't. This will happen. It will be a train wreck. And not a damn thing will happen except maybe some BAMNers throwing grapes.

I think it would also present grounds for denial of equal opportunity suits.

I think what you meant was equal protection. however, there is no merit to that argument. It's not like everyone NOT going to Cass tech is getting the shaft. It's the entire school district having to adjust it's costs to match revenue. And it's not just detroit. This is happening state wide.

Kids 15 miles away playing Jai Alai while these kids don't have books or toilet paper? That is insane. Want a REAL solution? Merge all the Metro Detroit school districts into one. Or simply start cross-district busing. Then people will show some concern for these kids.

It's interesting how the most often bandied about solution around here is for Detroit to seize assets from the suburbs. You want DPS to stop losing students and stabilize its revenue, start with banning "schools of choice".