A fraction of the money I pay...and a fraction of the tuition I pay.
But that's your choice. In more ways than one.
This is not a zero sum game
But that's exactly what you're wanting.
...there is still a large lump of my tax money that's still in the system (I'd love to know exactly WHERE that is going, tbh)
Your school's budget is public information. All you have to do is request it. But your state's website has information on budget summaries.
New Jersey Department of Education
www.nj.gov
So you can start there.
our local district won't specifically receive it if he isn't enrolled there...so where does it go? Question for another day I suppose....
There's no mystery.
"Here’s how it works: If you live in a low-income district, especially an urban one, most of your school district costs are covered by the state. If you live in a high-income district, then local property taxes pay for almost all of your school costs. Most people agree that this is progressive and fair: the amount of money spent on a child’s education shouldn’t depend on his or her parents’ income or a family’s ability to move into a high-quality school district."
New Jerseyans love to complain about their property taxes —with some justification. According to WalletHub, we pay the highest property taxes in the country, with […]
www.njedreport.com
I'm pretty certain I've already posted that once.
I'm cheering for a significant portion of America to have the OPPORTUNITY to CHOOSE a better option than a failing system for their kids.
The public education system is not failing. This is a myth I have repeatedly debunked. What is failing is society. Society is failing our children, not the public schools.
Many currently do not have the OPTION because we only fund public schools.
Which is the way it should be...public funds for public schools.
Options to attend schools which have the option not to accept any student they do not wish. Public money should not go to further discrimination.
, especially for people that do not have the financial means to otherwise afford private schools.
Private schools are inherently no better than public schools. This has been repeatedly covered.
You're arguing that the only choice those without affluence should continue to have is a system that fails them.
The public education system, on the whole, is not failing the children.
But what you're arguing is to close the public school system, which means the only children who will be allowed an education at all is those of affluence. You're advocating for a system which literally has the outcome you're claiming here is bad.
I know you don't see it that way...because you believe that the end all and be all is the public school system.
I don't see it that way because it is wrong. Just because you're unable to see the big picture doesn't change the fact the things you are saying are indisputably wrong.