Most private schools have requirements for accepting students. There are entrance exams, interviews, and some even require references. Will these requirements be waived for students with vouchers? I have had experience with a private school accepting students that were admitted under “scholarship” programs. These students didn’t conform to dress code, didn’t do homework, and were disruptive in class. Within two years parents who were paying thousands of dollars in tuition took their children out of the school and a few years later the school closed. This school had been operating for over 50 years and its closing was a loss to the community. I for one do not support vouchers. People never appreciate something they don’t have to work for.
Well said and bears repeating.
I have been fighting them in my child’s school.
The view presented is “See what a great witness we could be!” It is really about “See how much state money we can get!”
But my bride teaches in a public school. The school board wants vouchers because then they will send all the troubled kids to the private schools.
We have many minority and poor kids in my daughter’s school. They are there because their parent or parents have made great sacrifices to get them there, and have high expectations of those children. They hold the children accountable.
In my bride’s public school, the only person held accountable is the teachers.