Eddication for the mAsses

Fannin County residents are proud of their schools. What the heck for?
They're at or below the Georgia average, and as of the 2006-07 American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) reports, Georgia ranks 43rd among 51 districts (includes District of Columbia).
In 2008, Georgia ranked 41st out of 51 in ACT scores and 48th out of 51 for SATs, also according to ALEC.
Georgia should be embarrassed, except that all the above rankings are an improvement on previous years. I guess that's like the kid who's proud of getting a D instead of flunking--doing better but just not even close to good enough.
GreatSchools.com compared Fannin County to the state averages in 2008 for grade 11 for the Georgia High School Graduation Test. In social studies, FCHS ranked 85% compared to the state average of 87%. In science, FCHS is 83% vs. the state's 87%. For English Language Arts, it's 89% FCHS vs. the state's 91%. Only in math does Fannin County do a little better than the state's average--94% compared to 93%.
And remember, Georgia ranks 43rd in the nation. That's in the bottom 10!
But it's not just the county's educational inferiority that's a problem. As I've told many people, it's as if the bigwigs in the county sat down one day, spit out some chaw, picked some lice out of their hair and said, "We oughtta git some eddication in this hyar county!"
There seems to be no rhyme or reason for most policies, and they seem to be imposed at whim. So far, I know of various school employees keeping children captive on the school bus for no good reason for approximately 20 minutes, calling children names, punishing students who'd already served out their punishments, failing to keep children safe, failing to follow state law and more.
I'll discuss these in later posts.
One of the most egregious examples of how Fannin County's teachers fail to lead occurred when Barack Obama was elected president.
As soon as Obama announced his candidacy, the n****r jokes began, and no teachers ever attempted to stop the students in any of my son's classes. When Obama was elected president, students ran down the hall, yelling, "We elected a n****r as president!" and "Obama is a n****r!" My son never saw one teacher attempt to correct the students or stop them.
When a book was assigned in class, the teacher warned the students that it contained a swear word (d**n) and that if it upset them, they could read an alternate novel. She never said a word about the numerous times the word n****r was used in the book. Apparently, that term is not considered offensive in Fannin County.