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The article focuses on the participation of parents in school decision-making. It states that the phrase parent participation has been conceived by school personnel on activities like parent-teacher association (PTA) meetings and extra-curricular activities. It mentions that some parents who used to be the antagonists of a good school districts have been affected by several factors including their own negative experiences when they were students, their beliefs of what their children have been getting on schools, and costly education. It adds that resident involvement and parent movement in ghetto schools management has no substantial consequence on the quality of education offered by the effected schools.