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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Parent Trigger Divides Parents, Students in California | Scathing Purple Musings

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Parent Trigger Divides Parents, Students in California

Florida’s parent trigger legislation is soon to be voted on in Tallahassee. The weight of heavy-weight advocates like Jeb Bush, Rick Scott and Michelle Rhee are drowning out opposition. But can they suppress actual examples of how its dividing communities, so much in fact that its reaching the classroom? From the Los Angeles Times:

School principal David Mobley said the conflict has spilled onto campus. He said he has had to intervene to calm parents and ask them to step off school grounds as they try to distribute dueling information and corral support. The tension has also filtered to the students, who have begun