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Outdoor Schooling - 4.5 Reasons School Choice Rules!

Fashion trends that 1970s kids will remember all too well 

In the coming weeks, our children are collectively going back to school. Thing is, no one gets to the see the new kicks or the latest fit they got. Remember, new kicks, one pair, for the entire school year? New school outfit? Those were the days.

Across the nation, parents are leaning into choice as an option for their child to return to the semblance of normalcy. 

The School-Choice menu includes; 

  • Charter
  • Independent
  • Private
  • Public/district
Activists will shame you by saying that Private, Charter and Independent are stealing resources from public districts and that they don't serve marginalized populations. They will virtue signal and name call, like the private school leader who is a socialist for requiring masks, and then a Trumper for facilitating face to face instruction - talk about a no win scenario.

Lies. They do more with less. Reach more children, provide more services, and have zero public funds.

Did you know that in the heart of the pandemic,  democratically run New York City, $28,000 is the per pupil expenditure for a year of school? Are folks happy with the results? What if they could choose to take those funds and apply them towards independent or private school tuition?

If parents in NY city were allowed to apply their tax dollars to Independent or Private school tuition, what would that look like?

Tuition for one of the many Independent or Private schools who are accredited, and offer outdoor schooling options.

Did you hear about the Independent School in Detroit raising $50K to build cedar wood pavilions to shelter outdoor classrooms. No public funds. No waste. Intelligent citizens solving problems without government intervention or restriction.

Here are 4.5 solutions for your consideration;
  1. Podschooling, outdoors.
  2. Add more counselors and nurses...wait, independent schools are already doing this.
  3. Holding your local school board accountable.
  4. Demanding a refund on your tax payer dollars.
4.5. Reach out to Center Creek Institute or Educational Wingman for solutions.

Onward!

Dr. J

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