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Originally Posted by Whitley
To those speaking out against vouchers, how many generations of children are they willing to write off. This hurts especially poc and other under represented people, whose parents may not be able to afford a home in a good zip code with a good school. For over fifty years it was "we need the money to stay in the failing schools budget to make it better". Would you sacrifice your childs education on a promise of a future improvement. An improvement that has not been realized many generations later. No more condemning children to failing schools because of the neighborhood their folks can afford.
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The failing schools are failing because they're underfunded. Poor people can't afford to TRANSPORT their children to private schools, which don't provide bus service. Poor people don't live within walking distance of good schools. Some kids don't live in walking distance to any school, but because of the PUBLIC school system, their right to free education means the system has to provide the transportation for them. As long as they're attending the public school. "Invitation-only" or "qualification only" schools such as charter schools and magnet schools, and private schools, don't have to provide free transportation for those students. Poor people can't afford to pay for that transportation.