Madea said:
Winchester said:
Foxmeister said:
Since we don't have vouchers, I feel that parents who are paying school taxes with their property taxes have every right to let their children participate in public school sports. If you don't want them to have that right, then support they get to keep that portion of their property taxes that help fund public schools.
How about those of us who have never had kids? Who still pay school property taxes? I want my money back!
That's very valid point. My husband and I paid taxes that supported schools for 15 years in this county before we ever placed a child in the public school system. We did not utilize the pre-k program (opting instead for a private program).
Fox, wasn't your argument regarding the HOPE that the education of these kids is important for us all? I think the same holds true for those who can't afford private education. Does our system need to improve? Absolutely! I'm just still not on board that vouchers is the fix that others seem to think that it will be.
I think the education of every child is important, however, our public school system is failing. It's been failing for a long time now and we continue to give them our money while they do nothing to fix it. Why should any of us be forced to continue giving tax dollars to something those in charge apparently have no real interest in fixing?
We elected a guy as the state school superintendent who campaigned on the fact the math curriculum used in our public schools was a failure and he was going to remedy that. Since he's been elected and serving in that capacity, he's now not as eager to change it because it would cost too much to change it. Why not then give the authority to each local school board to choose their own curriculum? Well, that's not going to happen because the state doesn't want to give up that kind of "control."
If a business does not give the service or quality product consumers expect for their money, they won't have many customers. The same should be for our public schools. If they're not giving our children the education we expect, then why should we continue to give them our money? Shouldn't we have the right to stop doing business with them and give our money to an education program that would?
Do you really think the state or our local school board care if parents pull their kids and send them to private school or home school them? I don't think they do because they look at it as solving some of their problems, by reducing the amount of kids in the classroom while they continue to get the money of those not in the public schools.
There is a large percentage of parents in this county and the state who are not satisfied with the education in public schools, but they can't afford to send them to private school or home school them. If they could have the vouchers to do so, they would pull their kids from the public school so they could have more control over their children's education. If this was possible, it would force our public school system to fix the problems in the curriculum to get those children and the money back. As long as we continue to throw money at the current problem without any changes, there won't be any changes to improve the education given in public schools.
