In reference to your Aug. 9 editorial "Pre-K predicament," let me get this straight. Judge Howard Manning Jr. decided that "at-risk" children were being denied a sound basic education because they weren't "kindergarten-ready." But the families to blame were not required to remedy the deficiency; instead, public money was appropriated for that purpose and spent by someone else.
Now, when public money is no longer available, why doesn't the judge just acknowledge that his solution has failed and summon the parents to court?
The most deplorable decision a community can make is to accept the failure of any citizens and then abandon them, establishing government systems to take responsibility away from them, rather than finding a way to equip them for what they should be doing. This is what the Leandro decision did.
