Post number 10 also has good ideas also.
I agree. Private and religious schools are great. So is homeschooling. So is almost any scheme that doesn’t involve the government. My point is this: whoever pays makes the rules. When you pay, it gets done your way. When the government pays, it gets done their way. There was a time when our government more often than not had our best interests in mind and treated our children accordingly. Those days are long gone.