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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: Lane3 who wrote (46615)11/27/2017 12:09:30 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) of 358638
 
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Just to be clear, those taxpayers with kids in private school and those taxpayers without kids would have their tax assessments reduced by their share of the variable costs, all of which would be reallocated to taxpayers with kids in the public school system?



Yes, but the fixed cost portion would still be paid. The variable cost portion would be based on the number of kids in k-12.

Then, those who want to provide different schooling could use the saved variable costs toward that end.

Homeschooling is becoming more popular -- IMO, with good cause -- and is starting to reach a kid of critical mass in some places. In our area we have a number of alternatives, and I sometimes wish we'd have pursued those with our children, particularly our son, who early on showed signs of amazing ability in STEM subjects. When we moved here we talked with my cousin, who was a counsellor in the best school district, and she assured us our son would be "challenged." Not even close.

In retrospect he might have been better served by another school, but in our archaic system we really had no choice.

I believe all schools will change radically over the next couple of decades and I can't even say with confidence I'm convinced schools in their current form will continue to exist.
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