Nice try. Most Iowans don’t like it. Families in poverty can’t really partake because the private schools raise tuition. It does nothing for students with special needs. Again, we tell you this over and over but you don’t care because Regina benefits from this theft of taxpayer dollars. For the record there are families who take advantage of this and COME BACK to public schools because they found out private wasn’t better.
He won’t admit this far more benefits white people with money than minorities in poverty. Or white kids in poverty for that matter.
So they are expanding to allow more students to come to their school. What is the problem? Y'all said that the private schools wouldn't allow more students in and just take the money. Now someone is expanding to allow more students in and you're bitching. Make up your mind.
You are voting for a rapist and felon. American Nazis vote with you. White supremacists vote with you. But yeah, it’s the Democrats. 🙄You people on the left haven't been correct on anything in 75 years so please don't try and kid yourself now.
Those are the overall education ratings. Florida is ranked #1 in higher education, but #10 in PK-12. Utah is ranked #5 in higher education and #6 in PK-12. Since this thread is about PK-12 education lets look at which states rank highest in that category:
You missed his point. If they want to add more students from all backgrounds that’s great…but that isn’t going to happen. They want more desirable students.
I have yet to meet a teacher who pushes a political agenda. Not in 25 years. Too many other things to worry about.
Did you miss the part where it's stated that this State hasn't had a district disbanded in over a decade?
I tend to take the POV that someone stopped AT LEAST TWICE for drunk driving might not be the best decision maker.
Careful...cheap housing in rural Iowa makes it a GREAT place to live.
And Orient Macksburg will be dissolving for the 2025-2026 school year. That makes it a decade.
Missed the over, you guys are right although in Mitch's defense the article I read said the same thing.
I’m sure they exist, but, like you, I have yet to encounter one.
There are differences. Mergers usually involve utilizing your staff and buildings as part of the new consolidated school district.
That's your defense???
I wasn't saying one situation was better than the other, but usually it's a little easier for the community to accept if their "district" has some input/contribution to the new consolidated district. Often it begins by allowing the community to keep an elementary school building, however, those elementary students typically end up at a central location a few years later.
I’m clearly liberal and the only political thing I have gotten into with students was defending a kid’s right to wearing Trump socks after someone else said something to him, trying to make fun of them.
As a taxpayer in a county with two school districts that should be merged with town bigger districts,, I want it.
Not really, I would realize that schools that have <40 people in the high school are probably not equipped to teach students as well as larger schools and would move on with my day. Much like I have for the last 30+ years as this occured.
Getting your own tax money back for your children's education is not welfare, it's getting some of your own tax money back for the education of your kids. Giving money to those you haven't earned it, now that is welfare. Open a dictionary once in a while.
You do realize you've ignored that >50% of the students in the district decided to open enroll to somewhere else. Only 2 children moved to a private school.
The libs on this board are just finger pointers with never any real data to back up their claims.
Orient-Macksburg could be first Iowa school district to shutter since 2015
Orient-Macksburg School District could be the first Iowa school district since Corwith-Wesley in 2015 to dissolve and close its doors permanently.iowastartingline.com
While the district’s certified enrollment number is 163.9 students for the 2023-24 school year, 86.9 students have open enrolled out of the district and those state supplemental aid dollars follow the students to their new district. Thirty-three students have open enrolled into Oreint-Macksburg and only two students from the district are enrolled in Iowa’s new private school tuition voucher program.
Seems like some more digging may be needed if blame is to be attributed to private school money.
Since you started the whataboutism, if Vilsack were the one with two DUIs, you wouldn’t give two shits and would support everything he said and did.
Then why do you dolts praise chis with his propaganda? Oh, I know why...
But Vilsack does NOT have any DUIs on his record Jan…….If my aunt had balls,. She’d be my uncle, too….right?
Republicans are the known as the education party, so I expect them to do whatever is legally necessary to give Iowa school children the best educational opportunities. I applaud our Governor and her partners in the Iowa Legislature for rescuing our children from the failing public school system in Iowa.
