The vision of:"To graduate every student.....fully prepared to lead a successful life." is laudable but certainly not realistic.  The school district cannot do this job alone. Unfortunately, there are many parents in our community who do not value a strong education.  They are not interested in supporting their kids, their kids' teachers, their kids' school.  Without support from home environment, students often do not succeed. 

A little more realism and a little less politically correctness is necessary to truly address our problems.