Parents snap up school vouchers - teachers turn off lights and AC in protest

Orlando Sentinel ^ | March 3, 2002 | Letitia Stein | Sentinel Staff Writer

[Verax]

Bump!

[backhoe]

During the Recent Eight-Year Unpleasantness that afflicted this country, I started keeping a scrapbook. I did this because I had a powerful, but yet-unproven sense that we were not being told "the rest of the story...."
( Yes, that was the precursor to those "Tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast- the stories the Media won't talk about, or will only mention once to cover their tracks... )

And sure enough, once I started clipping items from the Florida Times-Union, the WSJ, the Washington Times, and various flyers & periodicals, the pattern became clear and pellucid.... the Sons of Bees were hiding stories!

I recall a wonderful telephone call from a C-Span viewer
( back before it became a DNC "talking point" machine.... )

She said:

"Up there in Washington, you're all scared of anything to do with guns....
....out here in America, we're scared of anything to do with crime...."

I thought that hilited the perfect, yet subtle, separation between "us" and "them...."

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Bumps Wonder if the NEA will shut itself off right out of existance

[Verax]

#20 oops, I meant secular

[The Raven]

Separation of school & state wins

[Caipirabob]

Great article.

FYI - summer! : )

BUMP!

[lavaroise]

Support of religious schools? Give me a break! The leftist cult is supported with trillions of tax payer dollars for education and they complain when a couple bucks go to decent religious schools.

These people's stinginess of control and with money is starting to anger me really bad.

AMerica needs its own very bourgeois revolution answering in decent manner to the 60s obsenities and swines.

The hell with those bastards.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

If the voucher goes to the parent, and the parent has choice among religious and sectarian schools, then there is no Constitutional issue. Period. End of story.

That was my read on it.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Great quote!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

There are a lot of fly-by-night, flim-flam pros and con artists looking to cash in. But that's not unexpected. The good part is, many of these schools are good and will leave public school instruction in the dust. That will put some kids in the "I went to school today and learned something" category.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Bumps!!!

[backhoe]

I learned one thing in my extensive travels around and about this country- the average person often has a unique, and more accurate assessment of things than many of their so-called betters in the media and academia.

Sure, there are dolts out there; the dumb, the ignorant, and the malicious, but a lot of people, once you question them closely, seem to have a load of common sense.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Sure, there are dolts out there; the dumb, the ignorant, and the malicious, but a lot of people, once you question them closely, seem to have a load of common sense.

That's what will be our saving grace. However, public instruction is working on limiting free thinking.

When the lights and AC were cut off, I'm sure the kids got a nice political speech from their teachers.

[Boss_Jim_Gettys]

If only the public skools had not failed these parents of "low-income families" they would be smart enough to know that they should send their children through the same pathetic institution.

[Rebelbase]

Summer School in Miami always let out by noon during the summer. Heat was never a problem.

[concerned about politics]

'It's been a blessing'

Sure is. The U.S. needs plenty more of them, for everyone. Tough if the teachers in the public school don't like it. It's not up to them.

[Illbay]

"Florida Power, as a public citizen here in Pinellas County and other places in the state, should not be taking the money that we send them for our power bill and use it to support and assist unregulated, private schools," said Rob McMahon, teachers' union president.

EVEN if it is in accordance with the law, Mr. McMahon?

[sixmil]

And what is "an adequate level?" Is there any level of per-pupil funding that would convince the NEA that it is "adequate?"

Easy, an adequate level is a 10% increase every year unless the system is failing, then double it every year until it consumes more of the budget than Social Security. There's no solving a problem like throwing money at it!

[concerned about politics]

When the lights and AC were cut off, I'm sure the kids got a nice political speech from their teachers.

As they sat helplessly smoldering in their assigned seats in the dark, being punished for crimes they themselves didn't commit.
Being held hostage in protest by the union.
Obey, or the children will suffer the wrath of revenge.