re: Governor Landry pushes for use of public funds for private or home schools

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Just give me back what I pay I school property tax which is about 3K a year and I’m good.

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A true voucher system would work this way. You get your voucher, thus your money you've paid via taxes, to use at whatever school you want and that will accept you. The problem is that governments want to get their slimy little hands in there and start dictating requirements. If the voucher goes directly to the parent who then passes that voucher as payment to the school, then that should be the end of the process.


I also believe public schools should be part of that voucher system. For the kids who don't qualify for private schools then they would have their choice of public schools. This would create competition and force the schools to actually try and do better. Unfortunately our school systems are run by corrupt pieces of shite.


Did you know that the JeffParish superintendant just received a $50K pay raise? It was voted on by the school board and approved. I believe he now makes $250K per year. Meanwhile JP is an absolute disaster of a system. It's broken almost as bad as NOLA.

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My local public school spends 13K per year. I don’t know their stats but imagine it’s not even close.

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So if somehow the public school could reduce their costs by $13,000 for each voucher to send a kid to private school for $7,000 it would be a bargain. I guess they need the private school types to improve test scores. Plus, they have no incentive to actually reduce costs. In Mississippi, we could save a running ton of money just by consolidating school districts. We have way too many with extreme administrative overhead.

You win this argument.

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