President Obama doesn’t want underprivileged DC kids in same private school as his children

[Anonymous]

http://www.ijreview.com/2012/02/1849-president-obama-doesnt-want-underprivileged-dc-kids-in-same-private-school-as-his-children/

"As part of his FY 2013 budget, President Obama eliminates funding for the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which throws a school choice lifeline to children who would otherwise be left hopeless in Washington’s public school system."

[Anonymous]

School vouchers = free money for private schools. If the privates are so desperate to diversify their populations, they can provide their own scholarships.

I mean, unless they want to open their doors to everyone in a particular neighborhood, the way public schools do.

[Anonymous]

The school choice grants barely make a dent in SFS tuition. I remember an article when those first came out about a Sidwell kid who got one who was already on full finanical aid there. So all it served to do was require the school to give her less aid. SFS has a pretty substantial financial aid budget so underprivileged kids have the opportunity to attend wether or not they've got a school choice grant.

Aren't most of the school choice kids at parochial schools? I think there are VERY few at the top private schools because of the gap between the tuition and the grant.

[Anonymous]

Really? This is the best you can do? How is anyone in the US a Republican when everything they come up with is so weak?