[Vision2020] "Free"? Public education is supposed to be "Free"?

[John Harrell]

Whoa!

John Danahy and Dan Carscallen are making the claim that Public Education
is supposed to free.

I help pay for public education, and not by my choice.

The money is forcibly taken from me and then given to only one of the five 
educational systems that everyone here on this board has agreed that exist.

I still don't understand that when there are five choices that parents can 
make regarding educating their children, I am forced to help pay for one of 
those. I dont get any choice as to where my money goes.

No, all education should be "tuition" based. Let the best educational 
choice win!

I am pro-choice for education.

Cheers!
John Harrell


--- John Danahy <jdanahy@turbonet.com> wrote:
> 
> I did send an e-mail off to the district to try and get some answers to
> the questions posted here and others.  No answer yet.  Some of my
> questions were regarding the quality of summer school classes.  For
> example, a student who fails second semester US History, and takes
> summer school to make it up, is he getting an equivalent class or some
> generic social studies classes designed to provide a passing grade?
> 
> I do not have a problem charging fees for classes offered outside of the
> regular school year offerings, but I have a severe problem with a
> district evaluating a student as deficient and assigning him to summer
> school, and then charging a fee. Never mind the obvious conflict of
> interest embedded in this framework, public school education is supposed
> to be free.  I also have a real and negative reaction to the idea of
> charging JH and HS students for generic classes that supposedly pass as
> equivalent course work. But then, why should HS students pay for generic
> HS classes when they can pay for college courses any time of the year.
> 
> More importantly, I have a most negative reaction to the idea of any
> school district charging fees to make summer school "self sufficient"
> while other extra curricular activities are funded with education
> dollars.  Clearly in this district education plays second fiddle.
> 
> John
> jdanahy@turbonet.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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