Not exact matches
Parents need
to make conscious decisions about whether or not
to buy cars, or
send their
children to private schools if they
also hope
to develop their hobbies, he said.
The
school board is predominately made up of Hasidic Jews who
send their
children to private Jewish
schools,
also known as yeshiva's.
«If you
also are outraged by a new chancellor without any experience in public education and who
sent her own
children to private school, here is an online petition you can sign and forward on,» wrote one parent on an education e-mail list.
In addition
to contacting
private companies, parents had
also considered giving
children at the
school large plastic bags
to store their coats, backpacks and other belongings, according
to a letter
sent out
to families this week from P.S. 87's parent coordinator.
He
also emerged as a leading proponent of a federal tax credit for low - income families who
send their
children to private schools.
We
also don't know the public -
private school break out of the respondents, or how many were
sending their
children to charter
schools.
Most controversially,
school choice
also includes vouchers and tuition tax - credits, which allow families
to use public dollars in order
to send their
children to private schools or provide tax credits
to individuals or corporations that make donations
to organizations that grant scholarships
to students.
The Patriot - News reported that [Corbett] «aims
to see Pennsylvania join the growing list of states that offer taxpayer - funded vouchers
to parents
to send their
children to a
school of their choice... The governor
also wants
to expand the state's tax credits program that provides for business - funded
private school scholarships.»
Williams was
also concerned about the raising of income caps for the voucher program, as this gradually shifted funding toward families who were already
sending their
children to private schools.
Critics
also conveniently forget about all the money public
schools receive for services they do not provide when parents, who pay property taxes for public education,
send their
children to private schools.
The program,
also known as Opportunity Scholarships, uses taxpayer dollars
to help low - income families
send their
children to private schools.
However,
school districts are
also required
to spend a «proportionate share» of their federal funds on services for
children whose parents choose
to send them
to private schools within the district, whether religious or non-religious.
It is true that more orthodox Jews (by the way, the term «Hasidics» as opposed
to «Hasids» or «Hasidim» is borderline derogatory -
also, by the way, many of us who live here are not Hassidic even though we are Orthodox and
send our
children to private schools...) are moving into those areas.