Beverly Hills schools move to cut outside pupils

[KamaAina]

Tonight, on a very special episode of 90210...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091229/ap_on_re_us/us_beverly_hills_schools

The reason: The Beverly Hills school board is preparing to boot out 10 percent of its students as it ends a decades-old practice of allowing out-of-district pupils to attend city schools on "opportunity permits."

The move has upset many so-called permit parents — mostly middle-class families living in the tonier areas of Los Angeles who are loath to send their children to the beleaguered Los Angeles Unified School District, where more than a quarter of high-schoolers drop out....

The plan, which is expected to get final board approval next month, comes as Beverly Hills Unified School District switches to a budget plan financed directly by the city's well-to-do tax base instead of with state money based on enrollment.

The change results from steep cuts in state education funds that has left several affluent communities across the nation paying more school taxes to the state than they receive.

My, my. I would imagine many of the slightly less affluent white people whose children are getting the short end of the stick here were all rah-rah pro-Ahh-nuld when they thought the cuts were only going to affect "those people". :nopity:

[mackerel]

1. It might be a good opportunity to start a Charter School

That's what a group of parents did here in V-town. It's a good school too.