I despise public schooling controlled by leftists who are working, deliberately or inadvertently, to destroy our country.
In the 19-20 school years, Washington state reached a high of 1,103,173 students enrolled. According to the latest OSPI figures, even though our population has increased from 7,546,400 in 2019 to 8,159,900, that number has dropped significantly to 1,096,285.
So, while the state has gained over 600,000 residents, the number of students over that same time period has decreased instead of increasing to reflect our population growth.
Here, for example, is the statistical summary of Washington State Public Schools, according to the state, leftist controlled Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, before his new grading system to cook the books in an effort to literally slather lipstick on an absolutely unacceptable pig known as the public school system in the state of Washington:
Note the "highlights," or the lowlights, as it were, of this report that the fringe-left OSPI generated, just before the school year started in September of 2022..
48% are at grade level in English.
30% in math. 46% in science.
17% drop-out rate
16 student average classroom size.
20% don't bother to show up at all.
Now, after OSPI changed the reporting criteria to make school academic outcomes LOOK better, here are
the results OSPI wants us to believe:3 school years later, the number of children showing up for class has collapsed, from a despicable 80% to a horrific 73%.
That means that we have a typical rate of 27% of children in this state blowing off school.
How is it possible for 27% of kids to skip school, but still have an 83% graduation rate?
And yet, somehow, even though the number of kids actually bothering to show up for school has almost ended the need for schooling that children obviously see as worthless, somehow, in the face, of kids NOT SHOWING UP?
The GRADUATION RATE INCREASED?
How is that even possible?
What's missing from the OSPI report card?
THESE numbers, provided by an OSPI report summary but missing from the actual report card itself.
Why aren't these numbers included on the Report Card?
Even with the obvious subterfuge OSPI is trying to sell us, these numbers are still horrific.
In fact, It was recently reported that
Mississippi just passed Washington in 4th grade reading levels... Even though their expenditures per student are over $6000 LESS than Washington State, proving once again that money DOES NOT equate to academic outcomes.
Meanwhile, the actual Superintendent rails against districts implementing the President's Executive Order to keep boys out of
both girl's locker rooms/bathrooms and sports.All while we're punching out semi-literate cretins and academics continue to suffer at absolutely unacceptable outcomes.
Unfortunately, I can't just blame OSPI for this obvious systemic educational incompetence.
PARENTS have a role to play in this nightmare.
That parents either don't seem to know... or care... that political inculcation far exceeds academics in importance in Washington schools as shown by recent school/district-sponsored fringe-left progressive school organized walkouts/riots over ICE enforcement in this country. These outcomes are to be expected when both school boards and teachers are not held accountable for the horrific jobs their doing.
But parents... who drive change... are failing their children by accepting mediocre-at-best outcomes from overpaid prima donna brain-washing leftists masquerading as teachers... and our kids suffer as a result.
