Written by David Moffitt
The superintendent’s are complaining that Amendment 2 siphons money from their respective districts but, in my humble opinion, it’s money they’re not entitled to receive. The parents seeking vouchers want options when it comes to their kids education. Our kids attended Villa Madonna. To have had our tax money refunded in the form of a voucher that we could have used to offset the cost of tuition would have been made our lives much easier. We chose to pay the tuition because we wanted our kids education to be in an environment that we believed provided greater opportunities for them to succeed. Instruction was given in a more personalized environment with greater access to resources.
How and where their children are being educated is the prerogative of the parents. Since the parents are footing the bill, it only stands to reason that their tax dollars that are earmarked for their children’s education should go toward their education in the manner of their choosing. It doesn’t matter if it’s public, private or parochial the choice belongs to the parents.
David Moffitt
