Private Schools Cost Less Than You May Think

CATO ^ | September 8, 2003 | David Salisbury

[jimkress]

Just say NO to government schools!

[NativeNewYorker]

I pay $18,000+ for my third grader and $12,000+ for my nursury schooler...which will jump to $18,000+ when she
hits kindergarten next year. Worth every freepin' penny.

[Sparta]

Just say NO to government schools!

BTTT

[anniegetyourgun]

"The percentage of Florida students enrolled in private schools has risen from 9.31 percent in 1992 to 12.5 percent in 2001. According to the Florida Department of Education, 353 new private schools have opened their doors since May 2000."

A direct response to the lousy service the government is providing, all too often resulting in an incompetent product.

[Congressman Billybob]

My latest column for the Internet, which will also be posted tomorrow on FreeRepublic, deals with the precise subject of the D.C. voucher plan, now before the Senate. The bottom line is that there is no correlation between the amount of money spent and the academic results achieved.

D.C. is eighth highest in per student spending. It is tied for last with Mississippi in poorest academic achievement. D.C. is the ideal test case to show that government schools need and deserve effective competition. That's why the "edukashun" unions are pulling out all the stops to kill this plan.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "We Are Running for Congress -- Maybe," discussion thread on FR.

[netmilsmom]

I had an tiff with a lady who said she is not for vouchers because she will never pay for instruction of religion. I tried to use the "It's my money" routine. She countered with, "You don't pay enough in taxes to cover the cost." She backed me into a corner. What should I have answered?

[Clemenza]

Private School Ping!

[HanneyBean]

I'm a single mother who pays $3,200/year at a private Christian school.
I make approx. $28,000/year salary.
I tell ALL my married friends starting a family that if I can do it, ANYONE can do it.
Some people think nothing of paying $800 on a fancy car payment, but will keep their children in publik skool. Guess it's a matter of priorites...

[finnman69]

God I love NY.

[Clemenza]

After seeing the future Riker's inmates pouring out of Fort Hamilton High School and terrorizing Bay Ridge at 2:30, I can't see how ANYONE would want to send their kids to a New York Publik Skool. Even in the affluent South Florida burg where my parents reside, Publik Edyoucashion is a joke.

It'll be Montessori for my kids (if I ever have any).

[CO_dreamer]

I think that depends which voucher program you are talking about. Most voucher programs today are geared towards the poor, and it's very unlikely poor families could pay private school tuition without vouchers. It's also very unlikely they pay enough in taxes to cover the cost. Those voucher programs are basically govt sponsored charity to the poor.

If you are talking about universal vouchers, that's a different story.

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[Fzob]

Guess it's a matter of priorites...

Yeap.

[mikesmad]

Tell her between your taxes, both sets of grandparents taxes, aunts and uncles, that do not have grade school children, taxes, and depending on your age great grandparents taxes, your family pays more than enough to cover the "cost". Also tell her that your friends that homeschool yet still pay taxes are helping to covering the "cost".

[NativeNewYorker]

Montessori looks good on paper, but I've never, and I do mean never, met someone in professional life who went through that system.

[lilylangtree]

Son went to a private university. Cost me through the nose. I'm still paying it off as well as he is too. He rec'd a good education. However, was the debt worth it given the present circumstances? Debatable!

[aardvark1]

Less than 21 percent of all private schools charged more than $5,000 per year in tuition.

Here in the People's Rebulik of VT, our free publik edyoukashun costs over $7000 per stugent.

I want more, more, more...

[NC Conservative]

Some people think nothing of paying $800 on a fancy car payment, but will keep their children in publik skool. Guess it's a matter of priorites...

I drive a Piece of #$%^ so my sons can go to a private Christian school. That makes me happier than any damn car. Get your kids out of the government gutters. Send them to private school. Do what you have to.

[EdReform]

"Vouchers, tuition tax credits, and scholarships are being awarded in a growing number of states and big cities as a way of allowing more children to attend private schools, rather than government-operated public schools."

IN YOUR FACE, NEA!!

[Clemenza]

Most Montessori graduate I know became academics, although I know one engineer who is also a Montessori alumnus.

What's the Rep on Dalton these days?