What's dumb is using public funds for religious schools. It's ****ed up and it's wrong.
Should Iowa public schools be FORCED to allow private school kids to participate in their extracurriculars and sports?
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They aren't being punished. they chose to go to private schools without those sports.
There's a company in that town that makes sure $$ is never an issue. As long as other parents contribute their share.
These are not the same thing and I wasn't overly thrilled about Biden paying off loans because I had recently finished paying off 50K in student loans. The private ed voucher scam is a grift. It doesn't benefit ALL IOWA kids. It benefits well to do families mostly.
Typical big government overreach on your part. The smaller schools should compete in the free market and win or lose on their own abilities. Let's teach these kids some good clean capitalism and how to win in life.
I wouldn’t be opposed to this bill. When I was in high school had several kids go to West for their swim team for example.
As @binsfeldcyhawk2 mentioned earlier, I think a reasonable compromise would be the parents would have to pay an additional fee for their kid to participate.
As @binsfeldcyhawk2 mentioned earlier, I think a reasonable compromise would be the parents would have to pay an additional fee for their kid to participate.
Always been that way.
I had a couple of friends who coached at the public school then…and there were 3-4 kids that wanted to play football they would have loved to have had on their team.
And you know what I’m talking about…once the inrerest was established, Dutch stubbornness kicks in and “well, we can do it better ourselves” kicks in!
One could also say it’s dumb that someone that never has kids (whether by choice or not) and they have to pay taxes that go to the school. Imagine not being able to have children and still having to shell out money for kids. Talk about fvcked up and wrong.
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Imagine being so stupid you don't realize that an educted populace benefits everyone.
Wait, you don't have to imagine it. You are living out that reality every day.
I can get on board with the idea of having the kids pay a higher fee if they are taking the voucher and attending a private school.
If they are attending a private school but not taking voucher money or attending a charter school I think the programs should be opened up at the regular fee.
Honestly in my mind for the most part I'm really starting to think we might be better off if we could separate schools from sports. We're like the only country that does this. It seems these days to be creating a whole host of unnecessary political issues.
If they are attending a private school but not taking voucher money or attending a charter school I think the programs should be opened up at the regular fee.
Honestly in my mind for the most part I'm really starting to think we might be better off if we could separate schools from sports. We're like the only country that does this. It seems these days to be creating a whole host of unnecessary political issues.
IAFB… you oughtta move to Sun city,Az! This is exactly the argument these folks used to gain their exemption from “school taxes”… “we have no kids, therefore no skin in the game”…altho everyone benefits from a literate and educated citizenry.
So by that logic, money going to a private school should be fine. An educted populace benefits everyone.
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Bigger issue here is people look at their tax money as a "user fee" and only feel like they should pay for something they are directly getting something out of.
You pay taxes for the common good, not necessarily the good of you.
We really need to stop making everything about us.
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Absolutely. The money the parents who choose to send their kids to private schools spend on education and other school expenses is fantastic and contributes to having an educated populace.
They should, however, have to live within their budget and not leech off the public schools for extracurriculars and sports.
You are slowly coming around to understanding, congrats!!
Especially now since these schools are receiving PUBLIC tax monies.
Your ignorance is glaring here.
GLARING
There absolutely is more cost involved.
Please consider sitting the rest of this one out.
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Starting to think IAFB has picked up on Northern's weird fetish of enjoying being publicly humiliated over and over.
I still think it's a strange form of sexual deviancy. 🤷♂️
I'm not here to kink shame, but it is quite remarkable.
At this point, he's simply trolling?
Can anyone be so damn ignorant?
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Going from an 8 man school to an 11 man school. Or from 1A to 2A doesn’t cost anything more. That’s what gohawks originally stated. You aren’t paying to be in a certain class.
He said going from 8 man to 11 man can cost a school more. It doesn’t cost anything more. The cost changes in the amount of kids out for sports not what class they are in.
Please consider getting the facts straight before white knighting.
If they are allowed to play at a public school, they need to pay to do so…insurance, uniform fees and a fee for the coaching they receive. Seriously.
This “gifting” of tax $$ to private schools has changed the whole ball game. Pay Up, mofos!
Imagine that, a coach allowing politics to guide playing time as opposed to merit.
Is 8-man football any good in Iowa? I went watch a game between two Louisiana home school clubs once and it was unwatchable. Onside kicks for every kickoff, maybe 4 pass plays the whole game. Official’s timeout in the middle of each quarter for hydration. 8 guys on the field, 4-6 guys on the sidelines, 20 girls in the cheer squad. Each team appeared to have a handful of guys who were generally good athletes, but not good football players.
The 8 man games I went to here were much different. I didn’t see a single onside kick, a balanced running and passing attack. Of course you will only see 8 guys on the field and few on the sidelines. That’s why they are playing 8 man football, numbers are limited.
Didn’t pay attention to how many cheer leaders were there, guessing around 5 or so.
Of course you aren’t going to get great football players. It’s 8 man football. Great talent is going to the bigger schools to be seen. Probably screwing over some public school because the private school recruited him to play there instead.
For once I agree with you. It's horrible. No defense. I'm not even sure what the rules for eligibility are. My grandnephews in one small town, had 28 kids in total and played 8-man. Another was in a combined school district but they only had 21 out and played in the smallest 11 man class. Makes no sense.
Nate Meier was a pretty significant contributor too especially in 2015.
Those parents are paying the taxes that built the schools, fields and gymnasiums and keep them going. The children are certainly entitled to use them.
the irony here is that those that would support this are fine if their big town private schools compete in 1A but don't have a problem with forcing another school to compete up a class.
