The Voice for Voucher Scams is run by one of Howie’s voucher clowns. No one reads it, except the other three voucher clowns talking to themselves.

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First of all, most major building projects are funded by voter-approved bond referendums….Gene and others may not like it, but when folks vote to improve their school facilities, I see nothing wrong with it.

Also, the legislature approved a large pot of money some years back for school construction and renovations. Perhaps the education “establishment” was pushing the legislature to get that money….sure….and I would guess that improvements were very much needed in many school systems around the state. But, either way, it isn’t like this money was taken out of regular school district budgets.

Finally, while I think that well-adjusted kids who SHOW UP TO SCHOOL PREPARED TO LEARN can do fine in almost any setting, and while I’m not a huge fan of the “mega-school” complexes, I do wonder why it’s so wrong to want to provide a first-class facility for children. People pay a lot of money to have nice houses for their children to live in and drive nice cars. Why would those people want their kids to then go spend 7-8 hours a day in a dumpy, drab school building? My guess is that most parents — whether their children are in public school or private school — want their children to be in buildings that are comfortable, safe, and that have some “extras.”

This is in addition to the $14,000.00 tax bill the taxpayers are billed for the privilege for giving our children an inferior education, but great looking school buildings and sports complexes. I nearly forgot the Educrat hierarchy that oversees the fleecing of the taxpayers.

I also refute this “one-size-fits-all” rhetoric. There may be places where this rings true to some extent at certain grade levels. But most public schools I know of offer a very wide range of courses and services and extra-curricular activities. Within the same high school system, I think you’ll often see kids in a metal-working class, learning a trade that can lead to a high-paying and stable career….and also kids in an AP class who are bound for Ivy League universities.

Now, we’ve GOT to figure out how to better reach those youngsters who don’t find their way and who lack direction. The “average private school” in South Carolina — whether its tuition is $4,000 or $14,000 — is unwilling to take on those kids.

Kelly Long received a voucher for her son, Grant, who has Asperger syndrome, a neurological disorder. The 10-year-old attended Porter Academy in Roswell and will return in August.

The voucher covers about one-quarter of the nearly $17,500 tuition at the school, Long said. The family, which also has a son in college, took out loans to pay for the rest.”

That’s an excerpt from the article about Georgia vouchers referenced above, and I don’t see how it’s relevant. In South Carolina, we’re talking about $2,500 against a $17,500 tuition — IF a family paid enough in state taxes to receive even that. They’d more likely get nothing.

There might be a good voucher plan for poor children, but nobody’s proposed such a thing in this state.

You know what else never happened? That any public school anywhere was ever improved by “competition” from private schools. That’s why lots and lots of people who supported the idea initially have concluded that it doesn’t work.

OBD – average private school tuition in SC about $4,000. Low income schools in SC are getting around $13,000 per child from all sources. We are spending the money. And getting involved. Nothing has changed in decades. Nothing. Nobody is for the undoing of public education. And as for “making money” on a position on parental choice, that one goes to the administrators on the dole, dude.