Get bad teachers out of the classrooms.

Train teachers to control their students.

Give incentives to recruit and retain good teachers and reduce the number of substitutes needed.

Set and enforce high standards for academics, attendance and behavior.

Require students to be proficient in typing and computer skills.

Tighten security. Do not allow students to loiter inside or outside the buildings.

Establish a business-like atmosphere. Students should dress like they’re going to work, not like they’re going to party and speak to each other and to teachers and administrators with respect.

Ban cursing.

Require parental involvement, such as volunteering during school or at after-school activities, and make parent attendance at conferences mandatory.

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Quote on a church billboard outside a little one horse town called Ossian,

Indiana.”

Good character, like good soup, is usually homemade.” Anon

– Submitted by Linda Mc Cabe