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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (248424)	4/16/2002 6:42:07 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Re: "Any student who meets the academic entrance requirements (i.e., passed the mandated testing and in the appropriate grade), and presents a valid voucher could not be denied admission." Whoa! Who's talking about entrance requirements if the transfer is urban public school to suburban public school? Now we're getting into "cherry-picking." Let's say, for the sake of argument, that that I'm a single mom and have a handicapped child. I'd like to send my child to a suburban school district that has a better special ed program. Would I be able to use a voucher to defray out-of-district tuition? The answer, of course, would be no. You know that and I know that. The entire voucher proposal, on close inspection, unravels like a cheap suit. The ultimate answer is better public schools, but unfortunately, in many communities, educational progress is difficult to attain because of abysmal socio-economic conditions.