[Hoot Gibson]

Correct. :Thumbs: I wasn't really committing either way in the above post, just trying to think of different variables. I can whole heartedly agree with giving them more food at school, and starving their druggy parents out. Good point.

We agree on yet another point. I know that the Johnson County did this for years and if the state and federal government has put a stop to the practice then shame on them. JC has also discretely taken donations for clothing and shoes for needy children over the years whose parents could not or would not properly clothe them. I have been critical of the Johnson County school system from time to time but they have had some very compassionate teachers and administrators over the years (and still do) who have not hesitated to dip into their own pockets to help kids who needed help.

One former principal, Paul Setser even loaned a kid his car to take his driving test for his license during school because he knew that it was the only chance that he had. I know because I rode to the courthouse with him. Paul Setser was a strict disciplinarian but he was fair and never held grudges against kids. Children are just numbers to most Washington and Frankfort bureaucrats. That is why I am so strongly in favor of local control of schools. Local people understand and care more about local problems than the people in Washington and Frankfort because they know the communities and the children in those communities.