Obviously, no one agrees with our elected officials all of the time, but this year's Florida Legislature terrifies me. Obviously, no one agrees with our elected officials all of the time, but this year's Florida Legislature terrifies me. The proposal to give vouchers to students in overcrowded schools is clearing a highly motivated assault on public schools. Portables are being used as a tool to judge whether or not schools are overcrowded. Many school systems use them as a means of expanding schools in a cost-efficient way.
Good teachers have a job to do.
They will do it to the best of their ability no matter where they are. If overcrowding really is the concern, then students would be sent back to public schools when eligible to attend schools that are not overcrowded. However, as planned, once a student is eligible to attend a private school, that voucher extends all the way to 12th grade. As a resource teacher of the gifted, I also get home school students and private school students who come to me on their gifted day. Since their parents pay taxes, they are entitled to public school services when they choose.