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"Donna Metler" wrote in message ...
"Mike Jones" wrote in message om... I'm always thinking about my kids' education. I worry about how well they are being taught, but I don't have the money for fancy private schools. Then, I read and heard that it may be possible for me to have a greater selection of schools for my kids than I now have. Does anyone know much about this? In most large school districts, there are mechanisms which allow you to transfer your child to a school outside your local attendance area, if you're willing to transport them there. In addition, many school districts have optional or magnet schools which are open to all students in the city, but they have to meet the criteria. Depending on where you live, charter schools may also be an option. Finally, if your child attends a child considered to be "low performing", the district must allow you to transfer to another school or pay for after school tutoring. After seeing information about vouchers in the news, and parents being able to use vouchers to pick a school for their kids, I now wonder whether I could use these special programs. Can't my kids have this opportunity? So, I want to tell others who may be in the same spot that I am that I'm going to look into how I can get vouchers for my kids. There's a website that has a lot of good information about options for parents like me and if you're interested, you should check it out: www.iEdx.org. |
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"Mike Jones" wrote in message om... "Donna Metler" wrote in message ... "Mike Jones" wrote in message om... I'm always thinking about my kids' education. I worry about how well they are being taught, but I don't have the money for fancy private schools. Then, I read and heard that it may be possible for me to have a greater selection of schools for my kids than I now have. Does anyone know much about this? In most large school districts, there are mechanisms which allow you to transfer your child to a school outside your local attendance area, if you're willing to transport them there. In addition, many school districts have optional or magnet schools which are open to all students in the city, but they have to meet the criteria. Depending on where you live, charter schools may also be an option. Finally, if your child attends a child considered to be "low performing", the district must allow you to transfer to another school or pay for after school tutoring. After seeing information about vouchers in the news, and parents being able to use vouchers to pick a school for their kids, I now wonder whether I could use these special programs. Can't my kids have this opportunity? So, I want to tell others who may be in the same spot that I am that I'm going to look into how I can get vouchers for my kids. There's a website that has a lot of good information about options for parents like me and if you're interested, you should check it out: www.iEdx.org. None of these are voucher programs-rather these are choice programs within the public system and are much more widely available than vouchers. School choice doesn't mean just "give me money so I can send my child to a private school"-and in most large cities, parents have quite a bit of choice within the public sector, especially in areas where charter schools are allowed. If you're in a small community, where there aren't public or charter options, vouchers probably wouldn't help much, simply because there won't be many private schools either. |
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"toto" wrote in message news On 9 Jul 2003 14:37:14 -0700, (Mike Jones) wrote: There's a website that has a lot of good information about options for parents like me and if you're interested, you should check it out: www.iEdx.org. Spam, spam, spam... and an agenda too. You have posted this same message in lots of threads. I don't believe you are really a parent or that you want to do anything except promote hits to that website. Yup, that explains why he essentially ended up answering his own "question". P. Tierney |
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