The Trib’s recent articles criticizing public education speak to the ill-conceived effort in Pennsylvania to privatize education. Under the guise of vouchers or parental choice, the extreme right’s elite class of billionaires wants to corporatize one of the foundations of our middle class. They want more of our taxpayer dollars going into their pockets.
Taking tax dollars away from public education to give to private entities will destroy our public education system — a system that is a great equalizer and played a big part in expanding our middle class. The current three generations of my family have prospered due to public education. Do not let the billionaire class destroy that opportunity for the next generation.
Religious schools are part of private schools. Do you want your tax dollars subsidizing religious schools? Do you want your tax dollars subsidizing elite expensive private schools?
There are problems in our public schools. Let’s put our energies to work fixing areas that should be improved. But don’t through the baby out with the bath water.
Joanne Garing
North Huntingdon