Ancillary 7

While it is obvious that schools in the lower income neighborhoods are heavily underfunded compared to their higher income counterparts. So how does the location where you live affect your education? It starts with how each of the schools are funded, schools in lower income neighborhoods are more than likely to receive less funding then richer areas in Los Angeles. A part of the funding from Los Angeles comes from their areas property tax, so based on their locations, that will determine how much money that school in that area will get. So coincidentally, schools in the higher income, rich parts of Los Angeles will obviously have more funding because of the area, nicer neighborhoods, bigger houses, and not as much crime going on. And the schools in low income neighborhoods will eventually leave them with less resources. Children in low income neighborhoods are more likely to struggle with economic and social struggles than other kids and those struggles will bleed into their academics negatively. And with less funding, it gives those schools less resources to help their students. Schools in higher income neighborhoods are able to give out better resources like health and recreational facilities, but schools in poorer areas will suffer the negative consequences of not having those resources around them due to not having the funding to have those things in the first place. And some may blame the kids in those lower income neighborhoods for their lower test scores and lower grades when in fact it is because of their environment, if those schools were better funded and able to give the families better resources. It is way harder to be successful with resources that they do not have in the first place. I believe that the area/neighborhood you live can heavily affect the type of education and the future of these kids. And if the state and the school district can figure out a way to better way to close the gap of income inequality between schools in lower income neighborhoods and schools in higher income neighborhoods.