SperlingViews - Jasper, Texas

The Jasper School System is a joke. My kids went their for 2 years. The lake of teachers willing to actually teach a child is disgusting. One of my children did not pass the sixth grade from the lack of education she was receiving. After spending a lunch our with my daughter I realized it was being ran like a prison. Teachers and students were rude. It seems as if some of the teachers were only there to hand out assigments and collect a paycheck, NOT teach. I would get letters suggesting I teach my daughter how to do her lessons (because they couldn't) My kids have been to several diiferent schools throughout their life and this was the only one where they've EVER had to attend ISS (in school suspension) sometimes even after school. The secretary at Rowe was prejudice against anyone who was not african american. I've tried talking with the principle, I've tried talking with the super-intendent. I might as well have been talking to a wall. So I REFUSE to ever let my children step foot in another Jasper school. Jasper got a bad wrap from the dragging that took place several years ago. First of all it was a drug issue. Second of all the racist aren't the Caucasians, it's the other way around. I saw that first hand (with witnesses) the day I signed my kids up at Jasper Schools. Now I drive 60 miles round trip, twice a day to take my kids to a better school. I've learned over the past year that quite a few Jasper residents do the same. Thank you Julie Dodson[read more...]