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Originally Posted by Tim Hancock
There you have it.... Eventually shop classes will be a thing of the past due to lawsuits over ever increasing safety concerns.
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Most school districts didn't need potential loss-of-limb lawsuits as an excuse to close their IA programs. Govt. regs and an overexhuberant educational pendulum swung too far in the direction of "college prep" for every student. That mandate closed so-called elective programs because there wasn't enough time in a student'sl schedule for these "optional" classes.
I have no case against offering every student a well-rounded education. However, I include music, art and industrial arts in a well-rounded educational background. That's where the current educational philosophy and I differ.
Sherwood