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Belatedly, two-thirds of those parents generally agree that their high school children who need help are not being offered the “non-traditional school programs” and 40 percent of the parents said those students identified as being gifted and talented are not getting “appropriate instruction.”
Newly 40 percent of parents also perceive their children as being “inadequately prepared” for the job market or higher education after graduation. However, nearly 83 percent of parents said the school helps students “select and plan for a career.” A similar percentage also said the school offers vocational education “which provides marketable skills for students,” and the school “offers guidance in pursuing a career.”
Additionally, a large percentage of parents said they believe secondary education is lacking in courses of worldly knowledge, including understanding the free enterprise system (26 percent) and learning to appreciate beauty and the arts (32 percent).
Parents do believe, however, that their children are learning to improve their environment (72 percent) and 82 percent agree that the school develops “responsible citizenship.”
) However, when it comes to evaluating the high school building and Jgrounds, the school gets failing grades. ’ More than two-thirds of responding parents (68 percent) said the School building and grounds are “inadequate for the school program,” Although 84 percent said the school environment is “safe for children.”
Parents also blasted the school’s food service.
More than 58 percent of parents said their children complained about the food served in the high school, and a whopping 81 percent of par
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