Failed school system expands policy on...well, guess

I'll give conservatives a point on framing an important issue: monopolies in education. While they believe public schools have a monopoly, even where private schools propagate madly, my concern is that private schools actually have a monopoly - for many American public school systems are de facto private.

Can a school system truly be called public if it requires uniforms? If a job requires a uniform, you can at least choose not to work there. But school is compulsory. In every American community, there is "the school." In most cases, you can't just choose another school district if yours has uniforms. In over 20% of the country, uniform schools in general have no less of a monopoly than conservatives believe public schools have.

That of course includes Clayton County, Georgia. This school system has attracted national derision for being one of very few American school districts in recent years shitty enough to nearly lose its accreditation.

Like the right-wing school district where I grew up, the Clayton County system tries to gloss over its own incompetence with failed gimmicks. In Clayton County, that meant uniforms, which were implemented this year at elementary and middle schools.

This right-wing policy not only failed to stem disciplinary and academic woes. In fact, violence and other disciplinary issues have actually worsened this school year. So naturally, the school board expanded uniforms to the high schools as well.

I guess BushAmerica means a corrupt school board can deny a whole county its right to a public education. Public schools aren't so public after all if they can exclude students for not wearing a uniform.

(Source: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/11/20/clayton_schools_dress_code.html)