Couldn’t disagree more. The public school system has failed us and continues to take our tax money to supplement propping it up. Our tax dollars should follow our children to whichever school option we choose.

If the public school option is better, then they should get funded based on per pupil. However, if there is another alternative, such as a private or Christian school, then the tax dollars need to follow the child’s education cost.

It makes the public school as well as the private school more accountable and forces them to be more efficient and compete for business.

What is so hard to understand about that?

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Posted by DownSouthJukin

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 8:27 am to Kreg Jennings

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What is so hard to understand about that?

Public subsidization of private elementary and secondary school education will do to the cost of private school education what guaranteed student loans did to the cost of college education.

Be careful for what you wish.

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Posted by Timeoday

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 8:30 am to Kreg Jennings

Why does it cost more per student at public schools than it does at private schools?

Look at your county/parish school board budget. Divide it by the number of students attending the schools within that county/parish. Heck, you can even subtract 10 - 20 million for the school buses to adjust the budget.

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Posted by Jake88

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Posted on 5/13/24 at 9:31 am to Kreg Jennings

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Our tax dollars should follow our children to whichever school option we choose

Fine, take the $900 you pay annually in taxes that goes to public schools and use it for your 2 kids' tuition. $450 each. Otherwise, it's a government handout.

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