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Where does this 78 percent number come from? Neither you nor I know. I have a feeling if people had real choices they would be leaving the public schools in mass.
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Do we want a public school system attended only by kids no private school will accept, and everybody else goes to private school at public expense? Actually there are people who want that. Maybe you are one of them! But I don't want that.[/quote]

What's currently working in PS for struggling kids?  The kids using BOOST are from low-income homes who deserve a better educational experience.

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[quote]Catholic and Jewish school leaders say the money is giving valuable assistance to low-income parents who choose their schools either because they want religious education or because they feel public schools are not a good fit for their children.[/quote]

I say this as a PS teacher who's been in the system for over 20 years.  Nothing has improved for struggling kids.  In fact, with the lack of discipline, schools have become more dangerous and the "passing rate" (and I use that sarcastically) is a joke, as we graduate students who can barely read.

I'm appalled at the practices in the public system.  My own children are in a solid cluster, but it's only a matter of time before the entire county feels the effects of mismanagement of funds, lack of discipline, and a crew of demoralized teachers.[/quote]

Your argument is: the public school system is failing some kids, so we should dismantle the public school system.

Keep in mind that THREE consecutive studies have found that vouchers for private schools actually HARM students' education. So regardless of your political philosophies about public education, the fact is that vouchers do not actually give struggling kids a better educational experience.[/quote]

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