I agree. Government schools should be abolished. So how do you suggest we go about it?
Until that happens, I will - like Cripplecreek - be at all the school board meetings trying to influence what they do. I will report to the taxpayers what I see happening at the meetings via my newsblog. I will ask the questions the “real newspaper” reporters are to afraid to ask.
You either participate in the system we have and try to make a difference, or you check out and go fishing all the time. I refuse to give up and go Galt just yet.
This is a comprehensive political approach. It lays out the case and then offers the solution set.
Some 4000 households in this school district and only some 800 voters on the last ballot asking whether we wanted to raise taxes to pay for a freakin practice gymnasium. An estimated 70% of those voters were school employees.
Even worse, the damn thing went up for a vote 3 times in 7 months. The first two times were on presidential primary day, on state primary day and the 3rd time in September between other votes on a single ballot by itself. The state has changed the law so they have to put it on a ballot during a regular election.
I can’t blame the schools for our failure to fight back.
We gave all the state board of education seats and all the college administration seats to democrats as well.