Rant- School District!

[Melalvai]

I wanted to transfer to a nearby school when I was in high school. We lived right on the border of the school districts. The charge would have been $120, and the bus would have picked me up if I could have gotten myself to the stop (3/4 miles away). My parents refused to allow it because they were scared to let me walk 3/4 mile.

I would say I haven't yet forgiven them, but actually my mom apologized years later. Still, I wouldn't be her daughter if I didn't carry a good grudge to my deathbed.

I remember hearing of a school in a rich county that couldn't hold bake sales to raise money for their schools because the donations would have to be distributed throughout the state to the poorest schools. I can see how frustrating that would be, but on the other hand, it leads to the rich voting down taxes that would fairly benefit all schools because their kids get the full benefit of their money if they can donate it directly to their kids' school.

[Tuckervill]

You do get a benefit from having good schools in your area, even if you don't have kids.

Society benefits from having an educated populace, and your property values are higher if the schools are better.

I don't use the public school system (my youngest child has been homeschooled his whole 14 years). Yet, on Tuesday I'm voting for a millage increase to build a new high school in my town. Good schools make a good community, and I don't resent paying the taxes for it at all. (I resented it a little when I lived in Memphis and the taxes were 1000% more than here, and the schools were horrible! But I didn't use them, either.)

Karen

[salsabike]

I think Aggie_Ama was just trying to figure out how this was getting paid for.

[Aggie_Ama]

I think Aggie_Ama was just trying to figure out how this was getting paid for.

Thanks Salsa, I was trying to figure out how districts can afford to do this and if this was normal.

I don't really mind now that I have considered some the points here. My father also told me the reason he thinks they are doing it is the Texas Robin Hood plan. In Texas if you are an affluent district you are required to send some of your tax revenue to help fund poorer districts. On paper it is a wonderful law but for the past 15 or so years since it has been a very controversial law. I am honestly not sure what all the problems are with it, if it just the rich not wanting to share or if there is more to it. If districts allow children in without the tax base, they can up the number of kids they have without upping the yearly tax revenue, plus the state does pay based on attendance. I am not sure if this is true or why my district is doing it, but it made sense.