Inside the Secret Plan to Bring Private School Vouchers to Texas

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Texas Monthly has an eye-popping 👀, not-to-be-missed, investigative reporting piece by a senior editor, Forrest Wilder, a Class of '99 Wimberley High School graduate.

"𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮’𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/inside-the-secret-plan-to-bring-private-school-vouchers-to-texas/

The news story centers on Wimberley ISD and local elected officials, a secretive plan, and the current and former school superintendent, but it has implications for the upcoming Legislative session, the entire state of Texas and our public school systems.

It wouldn't surprise me to find there may be other related efforts going on in other states if they happen to have laws like the one that let this happen.

[Skittles]

1. secret?

repukes have never made it a secret they want to send bucks to holy rollers to groom kids

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4. This was an attempted end-run around the Legislature.

They were trying to set something up without the community the school district serves (my town) knowing anything about it.

Sort of a shell company to satisfy the state that the kids were getting an education while not providing any direct educational services to the students. They'd send all of the kids to other schools across the state.

It seems ludicrous but the plan was voted on by the school board. Luckily it failed. But until today, it seems no one in the community at large knew anything about it.

They hoped they'd force the hand of the Legislature to make it more likely that school vouchers would finally pass.

Mind-boggling. One of the local players is someone I've liked in spite of his RW ideas. We'd managed to stay fond of each other. He has some endearing qualities. He supports my favorite charity financially. It's a small town, relationships can be rich because many of us have known one another over decades and have had some good experiences together. Made me sad that he was involved.

[dutch777]

2. Public education in many places would not survive this. Dollars are already too scarce.

And what little morale remains in the teaching corps will be utterly wiped out.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

3. Public education IS NOT surviving this

Enormous damage has already been done. I think it may be too late already.