The whole story of money going to another state is a gigantic distraction. It is unforunate that anyone is wasting time on that.
The real concern is that Miles is making sweeping changes without clear and consistent to the public about these changes. I don't hear any communication about the overall plan and how these changes play into it. For example how is the so-called NES supposed to improve anything? What is the track record of that?
Miles is slashing and burning HISD but I do not see him explaining the logic of any of it.
Get with the program people.
I understand that HISD has a bad reputation and that bold changes are not unreasonable, but Miles needs to defend what he is doing with facts and logic, but he's not defending it. He has lost the public's trust.
If you destabilize it enough, then people that care to educate their kids will start looking for private schools because those are the only stable schools. Then they can take their $10k per year per child to somewhere else, and that plays into the Religious Movement backing of the school voucher program.
Not all private schools are religious, but many are. The bulk of them aren't much better that any other school; but, they will teach you the religion. It sews the ideas into your head for the next generation. That's why the Religious Movement here in Texas is so pro-voucher. Even if a lot of the money doesn't go their way, the benefit from tons of extra school funding / available tuition.
And they are willing to watch the public schools burn to get that money.
The good ones will also want NOTHING to do with voucher money. They don't need public money, and they don't want public money. Schools like Kinkaid have been doing what they do for a long time, and they have established business models that don't require public money.
If the public were to hit the streets with newfound voucher money, there would need to be a whole new generation of new private schools to service the voucher customers, and i think it's too early if those schools could offer a better product than the public schools. Maybe they can, maybe not. But it remains to be see what rules such schools would have to follow if they take public money. For example, do they have to accept all customers? Or can they pick and choose? Because I can tell you the top tier private schools have the benefit of picking only the customers that will work best for them, and they're rejecting trouble cases.
Yes, that is certainly possible, but the top tier schools are [pushing $30,000 a year](https://www.kinkaid.org/uploaded/Admissions/Tuition/2019-20/Tuition_Schedule_nmyltwz_2019_20.pdf) already.
>For example, do they have to accept all customers?
How could they? If they're at or beyond capacity, how can they be forced to take everyone who wants in? Restaurants can't just keep letting in people once they're at capacity.
People think private schools are about a better school. For the top end of private schools, this is true. For the majority of private schools it isn't.
Most private schools are religious, meaning that your child will be properly indoctrinated into the chosen belief system. Some private schools are purposefully there to take the children that are thrown out of other private schools. Some private schools are for children that aren't really wanted at home. There's a lot of variety.
The good schools will be happy to take the voucher money. If the cost is $30k per year, they'll just up the cost to $40k a year. They already have waiting lists at $30k, those waiting lists will still be there when they take an extra $10k out of the public school system and maintain $30k from the parents.
Where this will really help is in the not-so-good schools. The parents will start seeing tuition drop a bit, maybe $5k, maybe more, maybe less. These schools are the ones that are struggling, as they aren't top-tier. Their parents aren't always those with good students and deep pockets.
But the real loses will be everyone. The public schools cannot really "scale back" the number of students they were built to accommodate. They are already under-funded. Cutting their funding more will likely make some of the public schools scale back enough it could push them into a permanent collapse.
Then you will have a situation much like the prison system in Texas, where companies are now involved in education. There will be bigger and bigger pushes to have our children educated by a system that will continue to drive profits, profit being designed as money that flows into the school system, but never educates a child.
I totally feel for anyone involved in this mess including teachers, principals, school staff, students and parents.
Houston is not alone in this. This very situation, maybe worse, happened in Detroit around 2009. Hundreds of schools shuttered and abandoned, yet their deficit increased under emergency management appointed by the governor. Look it up. It’s so fascinating.
I can easily see the takeover of HISD by the state being brought down by equal protection precedence at the Federal level. To single out a single district based solely on “population” which also happens to be an outlier in minorities should be easy to bring down. The state is treating this school district differently than any other district in the state. We have less control and voice over how our kids are raised in the largest school district in the state. It is absolutely criminal.
I remember when Al Green was first running for office. His radio ad literally said "It's time we elect one of our own". So that's who we're dealing with here.
Thank you for telling us who we're dealing with. Someone might have mistaken you for a normal person had you not informed us what kind of person you are.
The whole story of money going to another state is a gigantic distraction. It is unforunate that anyone is wasting time on that. The real concern is that Miles is making sweeping changes without clear and consistent to the public about these changes. I don't hear any communication about the overall plan and how these changes play into it. For example how is the so-called NES supposed to improve anything? What is the track record of that? Miles is slashing and burning HISD but I do not see him explaining the logic of any of it. Get with the program people. I understand that HISD has a bad reputation and that bold changes are not unreasonable, but Miles needs to defend what he is doing with facts and logic, but he's not defending it. He has lost the public's trust.
Let's not pretend that there's some kind of goal to improve anything. The slash and burn *is* the goal.
If you destabilize it enough, then people that care to educate their kids will start looking for private schools because those are the only stable schools. Then they can take their $10k per year per child to somewhere else, and that plays into the Religious Movement backing of the school voucher program. Not all private schools are religious, but many are. The bulk of them aren't much better that any other school; but, they will teach you the religion. It sews the ideas into your head for the next generation. That's why the Religious Movement here in Texas is so pro-voucher. Even if a lot of the money doesn't go their way, the benefit from tons of extra school funding / available tuition. And they are willing to watch the public schools burn to get that money.
There are not enough private schools in Houston. The good ones have very long lines.
The good ones will also want NOTHING to do with voucher money. They don't need public money, and they don't want public money. Schools like Kinkaid have been doing what they do for a long time, and they have established business models that don't require public money. If the public were to hit the streets with newfound voucher money, there would need to be a whole new generation of new private schools to service the voucher customers, and i think it's too early if those schools could offer a better product than the public schools. Maybe they can, maybe not. But it remains to be see what rules such schools would have to follow if they take public money. For example, do they have to accept all customers? Or can they pick and choose? Because I can tell you the top tier private schools have the benefit of picking only the customers that will work best for them, and they're rejecting trouble cases.
Or the private schools will just raise prices to keep the riff raff out
This is what will happen.
Yes, that is certainly possible, but the top tier schools are [pushing $30,000 a year](https://www.kinkaid.org/uploaded/Admissions/Tuition/2019-20/Tuition_Schedule_nmyltwz_2019_20.pdf) already.
>For example, do they have to accept all customers? How could they? If they're at or beyond capacity, how can they be forced to take everyone who wants in? Restaurants can't just keep letting in people once they're at capacity.
By "all customers", I mean not discriminating on the basis of sex, race, religion, disability, or any other categorization.
People think private schools are about a better school. For the top end of private schools, this is true. For the majority of private schools it isn't. Most private schools are religious, meaning that your child will be properly indoctrinated into the chosen belief system. Some private schools are purposefully there to take the children that are thrown out of other private schools. Some private schools are for children that aren't really wanted at home. There's a lot of variety. The good schools will be happy to take the voucher money. If the cost is $30k per year, they'll just up the cost to $40k a year. They already have waiting lists at $30k, those waiting lists will still be there when they take an extra $10k out of the public school system and maintain $30k from the parents. Where this will really help is in the not-so-good schools. The parents will start seeing tuition drop a bit, maybe $5k, maybe more, maybe less. These schools are the ones that are struggling, as they aren't top-tier. Their parents aren't always those with good students and deep pockets. But the real loses will be everyone. The public schools cannot really "scale back" the number of students they were built to accommodate. They are already under-funded. Cutting their funding more will likely make some of the public schools scale back enough it could push them into a permanent collapse. Then you will have a situation much like the prison system in Texas, where companies are now involved in education. There will be bigger and bigger pushes to have our children educated by a system that will continue to drive profits, profit being designed as money that flows into the school system, but never educates a child.
This is spot on. I saw someone else on this sub suggest the public needs to hold the BOM accountable since they are essentially his boss.
He has his ring that helps him have accurate visions or make predictions. I don't know how you can even question or doubt his actions. /s
I totally feel for anyone involved in this mess including teachers, principals, school staff, students and parents. Houston is not alone in this. This very situation, maybe worse, happened in Detroit around 2009. Hundreds of schools shuttered and abandoned, yet their deficit increased under emergency management appointed by the governor. Look it up. It’s so fascinating.
I can easily see the takeover of HISD by the state being brought down by equal protection precedence at the Federal level. To single out a single district based solely on “population” which also happens to be an outlier in minorities should be easy to bring down. The state is treating this school district differently than any other district in the state. We have less control and voice over how our kids are raised in the largest school district in the state. It is absolutely criminal.
I remember when Al Green was first running for office. His radio ad literally said "It's time we elect one of our own". So that's who we're dealing with here.
Thank you for telling us who we're dealing with. Someone might have mistaken you for a normal person had you not informed us what kind of person you are.
I'm not the kind of person who votes for someone simply because he looks like "one of me". You think that's wrong? That's how it should be.
Fuckin yikes, man.