The goal is to democratize the government school system, controlled by the teacher’s union, into a true public school system, controlled by the parents and taxpayers. Sen. Buckson’s ideas in a Sept. 24 letter are brilliant and a great start. However, the ultimate fix is for the school property tax dollars to follow the children. To wit: if you send your child to a private school or home school, you should have a 100% tax exemption on your school property taxes. Why are you paying for a service you’re not using? Free market capitalism and competition will fix the government schools or they will close. That’s the way America should work.
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