Posted on 08/16/2020 9:37:26 AM PDT by Libloather
The city of Durham, North Carolina, plans to reopen public elementary schools this fall, but will charge a hefty fee. The surcharge is on top of the substantial local property taxes that parents pay to bankroll the schools.
Corey DeAngelis is the director of school choice at the Reason Foundation, a public-policy think tank. He slammed the Durham Public School District, saying its shameless move to charge fees is unconstitutional.
DeAngelis tweeted: “Durham is reopening public elementary schools as ‘learning centers.’ They are charging families up to $140 per child per week. That’s on top of what families already pay through property taxes. That’s unconstitutional.”
DeAngelis excerpted the North Carolina constitution, which says public schools are supposed to remain open nine months of the year and are provided free of charge because they get their funding through the taxes that parents and other residents pay.
New York City has also announced plans to provide child care for 100,000 children in the fall since it won’t reopen schools.
Why are New Yorkers forced to pay property taxes to finance public schools if teachers aren’t working?
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Good news for the Democrats. The poor can’t afford this stuff so they can’t go to school. So they stay on the bottom of the ladder just where the Democrats like them.
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