We don't have children either, but we pay for schooling the towns children because we own property.....renters and illegals slide and I don't like it one little bit. In fact, I greatly resent it. In addition, I don't have one bit of say-so about what kids are taught...like common core.
Just what am I being forced to pay for? If everyone paid, I still wouldn't like it, but that would at least be a glimmer of fair
We don't have children either, but we pay for schooling the towns children because we own property.....renters and illegals slide and I don't like it one little bit. In fact, I greatly resent it. In addition, I don't have one bit of say-so about what kids are taught...like common core.
Just what am I being forced to pay for? If everyone paid, I still wouldn't like it, but that would at least be a glimmer of fair
We have kids but send them to private school. Still have to pay for public school so we pay extra. We take opportunity to influence the public school by educating ourselves on and voting for the school board. It is really the only option we have. That and reining in the bureaucrats who want to build extreme campuses. And the illegal immigration adds even more weight to their budgets. But as a society it is important to have an educated population even if one doesn't have kids. An educated population will be the doctors, nurses, engineers etc. and will affect your life at some point. Even those of us with kids are not guaranteed they will be able to take care of us in our old age. Someone's kids will be doing that and I for one want them educated. I think there are so many options that can be used rather than just the government schools but I do see a place for them. Just hoping some of the Q plan is to free up options for parents.