Did you ask the AI chatbot to answer that for you.

It is all about choice. If you decide to send your kid to some flyby night school then that’s your choice. If you decide to send your kid to a top tier school and your kid is intelligent, respectful and disciplined, then that’s your choice.

Private schools are more than just catholic schools. Why this board hates on Catholics is beyond me. There are Episcopalian, Baptist, non-denominational, non-religious and secular private schools. There are schools dedicated to arts and music. Others focus heavily on stem. Competition will keep costs down.

For you less informed, there are less kids on Louisiana than 2 decades ago. The competition to have these kids in a school means these schools survive. If the schools don’t perform well then they will fail. Ultimately, something with a better idea or better model will take over these schools and attract students.

If you think kids will leave Baton Rouge High to go to private school, you’re stupid. The same thing can be said with U-High and the lab school. There’s the math science and arts academy is Natchitoches and other good public schools that kids won’t leave.

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Posted by cssamerican

Member since Mar 2011

7189 posts

Posted on 4/8/24 at 10:47 pm to Lickitty Split

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Did you ask the AI chatbot to answer that for you.

Nope, I attended private school

and I have a good grasp of common sense. Having lived in Louisiana my whole life, I've witnessed this same scenario play out before.

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It is all about choice. If you decide to send your kid to some flyby night school then that’s your choice. If you decide to send your kid to a top tier school and your kid is intelligent, respectful and disciplined, then that’s your choice.

You didn't quite catch my point. Families currently sending their children to private schools won't see any savings because the schools will likely increase their fees. It's logical to expect this; if a family was already paying $13,000 for private schooling, why wouldn't they continue paying that amount even with a government subsidy? Can you think of any service that hasn't increased in cost after receiving government subsidies? The kids will be sorted just as they are now, and the outcomes will just as they are now, the difference will be tax payers just transferred a bunch of additional tax payers dollars to a bunch of private entities for the same outcomes.

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If you think kids will leave Baton Rouge High to go to private school, you’re stupid. The same thing can be said with U-High and the lab school. There’s the math science and arts academy is Natchitoches and other good public schools that kids won’t leave.

It’s interesting all the public schools mentioned here have selective enrollment. You’re correct; if my children can attend a public school and be shielded from negative influences present in typical public school environments, then why would I choose to pay for private schooling? As I mentioned before, this is a primary reason why many opt for private education.

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Posted by Mariner

Mandeville, LA

Member since Jul 2009

1965 posts

Posted on 4/9/24 at 6:03 am to Lickitty Split

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Private schools are more than just catholic schools. Why this board hates on Catholics is beyond me. There are Episcopalian, Baptist, non-denominational, non-religious and secular private schools. There are schools dedicated to arts and music. Others focus heavily on stem. Competition will keep costs down.

For you less informed, there are less kids on Louisiana than 2 decades ago. The competition to have these kids in a school means these schools survive. If the schools don’t perform well then they will fail. Ultimately, something with a better idea or better model will take over these schools and attract students

You said it well.

When I first heard of it during an interview on WWL, I looked at it as Landry is pissed at the public school system, that it costs too much, and there is no motivation for the school to improve itself.

Giving the money to the parents gives them power and choice. Public schools will finally be run like a business. I always get entertained wathcing a public school board meeting with the irate parents complaining and the school board having the demeanor of "well what are you going to do about it? You are stuck in our district so you get what you get and do what we say."

It gives those parents the ability to say flip off and take their kids somewhere else.

Many public schools will go defunct.

On paper I think it is a good idea, but I agree with a previous poster that current private school families who barely make ends meet in order to protect and better their child (yes there are many PS families like this) are the ones who will suffer.

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