Reply #48: It all depends

[OnionPatch]

I used to be against vouchers but now that I have a child in elementary school, I can see how it would be nice to have more choice than the local public school. But any voucher that doesn't pay the entire amount needed for a private education is like giving someone a coupon for $5000 off on a new Mercedes Benz....Most people still couldn't afford it. Also, the vouchers would need to be tailored for children with special needs so they can get the additional funds they need. I also worry that if we had vouchers, all the schools would be so specialized that it may be hard to find one right for your child. For instance, if they passed vouchers around here, every private school that popped up would be religiously based and I will NOT send my child to a religious school. Would our public school still have all the funding it needs so that I would be happy to keep my child there? I also worry that the profit motive would seriously degrade the whole system the way it has our health care system. If someone can come up with a plan to address all the above, then I'm for them. If not, then I'm not.