Thank you for giving voice to this incredibly complex issue. As a public school teacher and parent of a child with disabilities, I have experienced many sides of it. In Ohio, we already have a similar voucher system, and it hurts the public schools like the one where I teach, that are most desperately in need of funding. We have wrestled with whether or not to use a voucher to help pay for a private school for our daughter that would better meet her needs. We were also rejected by a private school we were excited about because they don’t have (and aren’t required to have) enough special education staff to support her.
Thank you for giving voice to this incredibly complex issue. As a public school teacher and parent of a child with disabilities, I have experienced many sides of it. In Ohio, we already have a similar voucher system, and it hurts the public schools like the one where I teach, that are most desperately in need of funding. We have wrestled with whether or not to use a voucher to help pay for a private school for our daughter that would better meet her needs. We were also rejected by a private school we were excited about because they don’t have (and aren’t required to have) enough special education staff to support her.
If I do one good thing today it will be to share and amplify this message. Much love to you, Lindsey, for detangling and detailing the mess of it all.