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| Fri, 11-07-2008 - 11:33am |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago_Laboratory_School
Obama's girls have a nice school to attend; if public education is so great, how come his girl's don't go to public school?

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I won't pretend to speak for farmboy, but I *think* he was pointing out a problem with the following logic.
Personally, I disagree with that idea.
And I disagree with that idea too.
I understand now.
I hope the girls can attend whichever school is best for their safety as they will undoubtedly be possible targets. Also, I would imagine that a school unused to this would find all the Secret Service, publicity and special considerations to be extremely disruptive on the other students. I imagine that whichever school is chosen would be one used to making such arrangements and is best able to cope with providing the best possible educational experience and ensuring security for both the Obama girls and all the other students as well as fitting in best with the demanding schedule the first family will be facing.
"Personally, I disagree with that idea. If we start removing money from the public schools, it will be a further division between the upper and lower class.
Even if the voucher pays for half a tuition, only those with disposable income will be able to afford the other half. Which means all the kids on the lower end of the economic spectrum will remain in school. Even in a school that truly is of poor quality, the families who do not currently participate in their child's education are not likely to go through the effort of finding out about transportation and vouchers to another school."
If this situation disturbs you I regret to inform you that it is already here. BO removed his children and the funding they would have brought by sending them to a private school, leaving "all the kids on the lower end of the economic spectrum." He will most likely do the same in DC. If this behavior is wrong why should we tolerate it from a President?
If this situation disturbs you I regret to inform you that it is already here. BO removed his children and the funding they would have brought by sending them to a private school, leaving "all the kids on the lower end of the economic spectrum." He will most likely do the same in DC. If this behavior is wrong why should we tolerate it from a President?
How did he remove the funding that the public schools would get from his children attending them?
I'm not familiar with Illinois law, but here in NJ, a person going to private school does not remove tax dollars from the public school.
I'm trying to discuss the issue of public schools, not Obama's choices, so I don't intend comment on his choice.
Thank you, nicole_ftm for my siggy!
I realize many do not think it is appropriate to question the choices of BO. I don't happen to be one of them. When he enrolled his punishments into a private school obviously they did not attend a public school. When the Chicago public school system applied for Federal and state matching funds they recieved no money for the non-attending Obamas. This is one of the reasons given for opposition to vouchers, namely that they would draw money from public schools by providing more opportunity for parents to look at other options for educating their children. Someone's children must attend those public schools in order to keep that money coming, and BO thinks other people's children should be tasked with that job.
Yours is an unusual school system if it gets no matching state or Federal funds. If it does it is indeed affected by someone's choice not to send their child to a public school.
First, a definition- A school voucher, also called an education voucher, is a certificate issued by the government by which parents can pay for the education of their children at a school of their choice, rather than the public school to which they are assigned.
When most people say they want vouchers, I believe they are asking for whatever Federal matching funds the government is providing for their child's education. The cost of the private school has no bearing on the amount of the voucher.
Regarding what is above and beyond what we can expect from our taxes, I suppose your view on this depends on what your expectations are. In my case my district has been failing for years. If my expectations are that my children's public school should meet minimum passing standards and this is classified as too high an expectation, well I'm speechless.
Thank you.
When the Chicago public school system applied for Federal and state matching funds they recieved no money for the non-attending Obamas.
In that sense, you're correct, but given the dismal contribution the federal government has given to public school districts, I'd wager that the amount that two children going out of district removes from the operating budget is negligible, and probably does not amount to the amount that would have been spent to educate two children.
Your argument would imply that I think everyone should send their children to public schools just to help the school district qualify for federal age.
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