flu, she’s actually not anti-common core. Although, she’s not pro-common core either. So, I’m assuming she can be swayed one way or the other. But the biggest thing about her is that she push for private school voucher. That would be F*cking AWESOME if she can get it done before 2017-2018 school year.

sproglet love that term! Never heard it before. Always called the ill spawn as rugrats or hoodrats but this is new.

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=AN]flu, she’s actually not anti-common core. Although, she’s not pro-common core either. So, I’m assuming she can be swayed one way or the other. But the biggest thing about her is that she push for private school voucher. That would be F*cking AWESOME if she can get it done before 2017-2018 school year.[/quote]AN, I thought you previously posted here that you live in an attendance area of awesome public schools![/quote]Not as awesome as the private school my kids could be going to.

[quote=spdrun]Vouchers are horrible — the goal should be to make good, local, public education available to all Americans. Not to let public schools further deteriorate while giving parents vouchers, where they need to pay EXTRA money for a decent private school.

Also, vouchers play into the hands of religious asshats who don’t want their sproglets learning about evil-lution, globull warming, and birth control methods. Everyone should have a strong grounding in math, science, literature, history, etc without it being marred by their parents’ idea of some fruitcake fairy up in the sky.[/quote]I agree that the presence of vouchers will take away from public education funds. I have faith in public school teachers (and counselors/school-site administrators) because they have always risen to the occasion … at least in my experience. Also, parents will use vouchers to send their kids to just a few schools (which won’t have room for all of their applicants) leaving the other neighborhood schools out in the cold, funding wise.

Not everyone has the ability to drive their kid(s) to/from every day to a public or private school of their choice. Many people depend on their kid(s) walking to/from school while they work or take the school bus to/from a school in their own attendance areas.

Also, in CA, vouchers are grossly unfair to homeowners who pay (exorbitant) Mello Roos. Under a voucher system, the schools built with MR bonds (more well-appointed than older schools) will be sought after by families in older areas that don’t deserve to use them because they aren’t paying for them in any way, shape or form (thru property taxes or rent). It’s unjust enrichment to a cross-section of families who are “stealing” public school seats from families who are paying extra for their own kids to occupy those seats.

For the above reasons (as well as the presence of the uber-strong CEA with plenty of top legal eagles on staff), I do not see public school vouchers taking hold in CA.

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Also, vouchers play into the hands of religious asshats who don’t want their sproglets learning about evil-lution, globull warming, and birth control methods. Everyone should have a strong grounding in math, science, literature, history, etc without it being marred by their parents’ idea of some fruitcake fairy up in the sky.[/quote]

I’m ok with vouchers now. If they want to teach that to their kids, all the more power to them. The kids will pay for it later in life. Don’t bother me no more.

[quote=AN][quote=bearishgurl][quote=AN]flu, she’s actually not anti-common core. Although, she’s not pro-common core either. So, I’m assuming she can be swayed one way or the other. But the biggest thing about her is that she push for private school voucher. That would be F*cking AWESOME if she can get it done before 2017-2018 school year.[/quote]AN, I thought you previously posted here that you live in an attendance area of awesome public schools![/quote]Not as awesome as the private school my kids could be going to.[/quote]You DO realize that “school vouchers” will only pay a portion of private school tuition (unless they are Catholic or Protestant – Grades 1-8 only, which tend to be less expensive). I would surmise that you will only receive 1/3 to 1/4 of the tuition from a voucher to pay for any non-denominational well-known private school in SD and possibly only enough to pay 1/5 to 1/6 of the (exorbitant) tuition for private HS through your kid(s) voucher.

[quote=FlyerInHi] . . . Don’t bother me no more.[/quote]FIH/brian. from your last several posts, I gather you are suffering terribly from sore-loseritis. It’s okay … this condition has become quite common of late among the uber-liberal/progressive set.

Say, I have a deplorable friend in SD County whose sow had cute little pink piglets. Are you in SD and if so, would you like to borrow one for TK weekend? They’re tame enough to sit on your lap while you pet them over and over and get out all of your micro-agression through love and compassion. You will also get the opportunity to bottle-feed it. Let me know :=)