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canimal@my-deja.com (Matt C.) wrote:
>Bob LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org> wrote in
>news:0tdgrv88ut5l68vf1bgk1dd1gersla4aim@4ax.com: 
>
>> No.  Half of all private schools are Catholic, and they answer to the
>> Catholic Church, not to the parents.  Most of the rest are associated
>> with other denominations, and they answer to their churches, not to
>> the parents.  All the parents can do is withdraw their kid (possibly
>> forfeiting tuition paid).  Many good private schools have a waiting
>> list, so that hurts them not in the least.
>
>If a private school has a waiting list, they can be indifferent to the loss 
>of the occasional unhappy customer.  This is not a bad thing.  But a private 
>school can not systematically ignore the wishes of parents in general.

The claim I disagreed with was 
>>The private school has to answer to the INDIVIDUAL parents;
>>the parent of each child can be heard.

>There are not private schools where most of the parents believe the school 
>does not educate their kids, or where most parents think the school is a 
>dangerous place for their kids to go.  There are certainly public schools 
>like that.

I doubt that there are public schools where MOST parents "believe the
school does not educate their kids", or where most parents think "the
school is a dangerous place for their kids to go".  There are probably
a few schools where many or even most parents are less than satisfied,
but that isn't hardly as extreme a judgement as your claims; most of
those parents probably would be dissatisfied with any alternative that
might be made available to them.  

lojbab
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