re: Bill would let state pay parents up to $15,000 to send kids to private school

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I dont know if it was just their school or the whole province but she told me they gave students the option to go either a "university" route where they would take algebra 2, physics, AP courses, etc or a "college/career" route where they would take more hands on/life skill focused classes. I feel like this is a much better system for schools to adopt. Trying to push college on a bunch of kids that dont want to go and have no business going to college is kills any chance at forward momentum academically because of the resources and time youre having to spend to get those lower level kids there.

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Chalmette HS does a lot of this. There is a huge workshop with top of the line tools for kids to learn woodworking and other trades. There is a huge kitchen classroom for kids to learn to be a chef and run a restaurant. There are a ton of opportunities to cross-train with Nunez Community College to learn additional trades, how to work in a plant, etc.

But those things take investment, and they take partnerships in the community, and too many public schools don't have either of those.