Bad sign, but still far too early to can the program. Let vouchers run their course properly (five years should be the minimum), then make a decision about retaining it, refining it or abandoning it.
Whatever happened to a little patience and foresight?
I can’t agree more - the whole concept is to find out where the “good” schools are and allow migration of the school populations to these better schools. The good schools get the funding, and must be allowed to be selective of their students. This is a thing called competition!
The worse schools see the students voting with their feet/vouchers. This doesn’t happen over night!
Five years is a much better time frame.
“Whatever happened to a little patience and foresight?”
Our popular culture promotes INSTANT everything. That’s why people want a perfect ending to a war almost immediately, or they want a house they cannot afford NOW.