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In reply to the discussion: Are Private Schools Immoral? [View all]meadowlander
(4,395 posts)It's a downward spiral, like taking the public transport. The more people do it, the better and more cost effective the service. If you cut funding for it, service declines and then even fewer people do it so there's more of an excuse to cut funding.
Like I said, talented kids can easily go to their local public school for 90% of their education and go to a magnate school for enrichment classes once a week.
If a kid is bullied at one public school, put them in a different class or, in extreme cases, send them to a different local public school.
We don't need an entire parallel education system to accommodate the one kid in a thousand who is bullied to the point where they can't stay in the mainstream education system. Public schools have special ed programs, programs for teen mothers, etc. They can have programs for kids who are bullied if we fund them to do so, although really it's the bullies who should end up being taken out of the mainstream.
The point is we're never going to be able to find that funding if there's an easy "eject" option for every parent who thinks their kid is special and unique.