[rw4site]

Lt. Gov. Bill RATliff, RINO, also wants the homosexual agenda in Texas schools.

[Teacher317]

None of this comes as any surprise. I would be willing to bet that the article describes the make-up and attitudes of the school boards of half the districts in this country.

[isthisnickcool]

Get the state and federal gov't out of education. Take the money and give every parent a voucher. Let the market make the rules from there.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Let's not forget that Ted Kennedy's kids, Bill and Hillary's daughter and the children of Washington's Democratic elite also send their children to private school. So what's all the fuss about?

[TxBec]

ping.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

"I can't understand why you'd want to dictate what happens if you don't have any kids in there," said Rosie Sorrells, D-Dallas, a retired teacher and administrator.

But you don't become a teacher and admininstrator without "want[ing] to dictate what happens"--irrespective of whether or not you "have any kids in there" . . .

A high percentage of teachers' children attend private school . . . what's the big deal about school board members having kids who aren't in the government school?

[ladylib]

People who send their children to private school or homeschool pay school taxes too. They have every right to run for a school board position. The government thinks it has a right to regulate homeschoolers who don't cost the taxpayer a cent so what's the big deal?

[gjenkins]

"I can't understand why you'd want to dictate what happens if you don't have any kids in there"

Don't take my my money and I won't try to 'dictate' what happens in there.

[Kermit]

Aren't these the same people who say, if you want to change something, get involved. Now, they're saying, stay out. Ok, stop taxing people for your bloody government schools and they'll stay out.