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What is the Answer to Reforming the Public School System?

 


DougOtis

Private Accommodations within Public Schools: Since the 1948 SC ruling, all private education must be done off school grounds was an over-reaction to a complaint about unwanted exposure to affinities created by private religious classes. Offenses such as school approval of private teachers and general fees applied to private classes made the case. This clearly overstepped separation. Are vouchers the only solution or, for one class out of 5, can the parent opt to pay for private instruction? Today, most states use a Released Time provision in response to this SC ruling to allow a private class to be held one day a week off of school grounds. This is disruptive to a student's normal public education and is seldom used. Imagine public schools sanction an area to be rented by private groups to allow the student's schedule to mesh with private instruction at this adjunct facility. A parent would pay the rent of this room and the cost of the instructor. This would allow the parent a proxy observer into their child's welfare within the public school system as well as provide requisite moral training only properly handled within private instruction. Once the parent bears a portion of the expense, greater participation should be expected. Rather than seeing this as a camel's nose under the tent, it should be seen as a logical means of providing moral and spiritual guidance children are lacking. The parent would have full choice in the matter. Separation should not be viewed as freedom from religion, but rather as freedom to determine the religion taught to their child. Moral guidance and inspiration offered by a private instructor could never be matched that of a civil servant. A civil servant is not free to make and break rules to ensure the misbehaving student receives no quarter. In most public schools, as long as the student does not act out, they are free to fail or even not attend. A private instructor paid directly by the parent will take a far greater interest in the outcome. This interest would apply to the performance within the public sector as well to win the parents trust and confidence. The public schools would require less funding as each student enrolled in this private classes would reduce the burden 20%. Vouchers offer the problem of no immediate alternative facilities for a transition. This partial private instruction within sanctioned regions of the public school campus would allow full utilization of present public facilities while still offering the parent greater options in receiving the help they need for their child.
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• Review posted on 09/11/2003
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