Comments on: When Driving a School Bus Requires more Licensing than Teaching Milwaukee Children

By: John-david Morgan

John-david Morgan — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:46:01 +0000

An update from Journal Sentinel:
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=537143

52 kids, all enrolled in voucher program.
No books when the school opened.
Problems paying teachers. High teacher turnover in the first three months.

God’s Nation was located in a strip mall, which somehow seems absurdly fitting. Why not a church basement?

It’s long past time for the state to reel in this program. And, long past time for the state to stop aiding and abeting the deterioration of the North Side.

By: John-david Morgan

John-david Morgan — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:16:34 +0000

Parent “consumers” have every right to assume that the school bus driver is licensed to drive their kids’ bus, and that there are some teachers on the school grounds. Many of these basics are not being encouraged in the voucher system, just as there’s a lot of political pressure to keep some of MPS’ bad choices open.

It’s not the consumer’s fault if there’s e coli in the spinach, if the spinach is sealed and packaged to look like spinach. But when other things become more important than whether what’s in the bag is any good, the consumer’s at a disadvantage. That’s what’s happening to school parents on the North Side, with the politics working against them at all levels.

By: james

james — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:10:15 +0000

It is not the private schools fault if parents aren’t paying attention.

By: Bill Stocks

Bill Stocks — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:43:10 +0000

This shouold be very disappointing to both sides of the “Choice Voucher ” debate. How many other schools out there are “convincing” (I say that loosely) parents to give their school a try, and should not even be allowed to be open? I bet there are too many.

By: KRM

KRM — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:20:44 +0000

This is absolutely sordid. As you pointed out, a simple background check would have revealed that Mr. Mayes was not fit to drive that bus. It makes one speculate if God Nation bothered to perform background checks of their teachers and staff. What other children might be harms way?