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There doesn’t seem to be a way to avoid hundreds more layoffs and other belt-tightening. It is a crisis, simple as that.

Yes, it is a crisis, a spending crisis. However spreading the burden between the taxpayers and tax spenders could close the deficit.

A "contribution" (like the Social Security "contribution"), say 10% of the cost, from the parents of attendees would probably raise enough to solve this spending crisis. This "contribution" would make parents more cost conscious come election time. It also would pave the way for a real solution, the removal of government and politicians from the education of our children.

With government no longer involved in education, your property taxes would fall by about 75% and your state taxes by about 40% (for most states that could mean the complete abolition of one of the income or sales tax). It would mean an end to fights over prayer in the schools. It would mean that things like teachers salaries would be set in the economic and not the political marketplace. Finally, it would return schools to places of education and not indoctrination.

A "contribution" (like the Social Security "contribution"), say 10% of the cost, from the parents of attendees would probably raise enough to solve this spending crisis. This "contribution" would make parents more cost conscious come election time. It also would pave the way for a real solution, the removal of government and politicians from the education of our children.

With government no longer involved in education, your property taxes would fall by about 75% and your state taxes by about 40% (for most states that could mean the complete abolition of one of the income or sales tax). It would mean an end to fights over prayer in the schools. It would mean that things like teachers salaries would be set in the economic and not the political marketplace. Finally, it would return schools to places of education and not indoctrination

What you're suggesting is removing government totally from the business of education, and in effect having all schools become private schools. That was the state of education in this country, in most areas, 150 years ago.

Unfortunately, unlike 150 years ago, people who can't read, write, and do math will not be able to support themselves as farm laborers in today's world.

Back a couple of hundred years ago, it was decided that it was better for the country to have informed and educated citizens. States and localities implemented "poor taxes" so that children whose parents couldn't afford tuition and books could still go to school.

If your proposal is implemented, what do you propose to do about the children whose parents can't afford to pay for their schooling?

With government no longer involved in education, your property taxes would fall by about 75%

We could save some money by getting government out of the police, fire and court business, too!!!

And why do we need public sewers??