@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms Selfish = Demanding that the tax dollars I + thousands of other Nashvillians pay to support public schools be handed to individual parents to homeschool or to religious schools that provide a poor-quality education. YOU are asking for a govt handout. THAT sounds selfish to me
@grrenshaw @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms I’d rather see 8,000 of my tax $ go to a child in a private school than go toward a new stadium. Maybe at the very least that stadium will provide jobs for the 20% who didn’t graduate.
@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms So we agree on something! I voted against the original stadium-there was a referendum!-& am furious that city leaders made such a bad deal & now tell us the only solution is...throw MORE city AND state taxpayer money at the Titans, a for-profit business. 2 wrongs don't=a right
@grrenshaw @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms Pick your battles. Why not wait and see how the school board members adjust a budget, why not wait and see how much participation happens, this is not a bad thing. Tax $ is not the only funding they receive. The families that can participate would benefit in many ways.
@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms If this were so good ALL TN counties would have voted it in for themselves. They didn't. B/c they KNEW it would harm local schools. Schools & hospitals anchor rural communities. TN's failure to expand Medicaid decimated local hosp. They couldn't afford to undermine their schools.
@grrenshaw @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms If this program is successful, it is my understanding it will be rolled out in the entire state. Participation is not mandatory.
@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms MY participation is mandatory MY taxes will be handed out to individuals under this program-abuse=inevitable Neither does this negate the underhanded way this system was forced on Memphis & Nashville Casada blocked the exit & wouldn't let my rep & others leave to force this vote
@grrenshaw @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms Davidson and Shelby were chosen because of demographic and size. I’m sure like many things; politicians settled for something rather than nothing.
@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms Neither state senators NOR state reps for Davidson & Shelby Counties supported voucher Bill almost didn't pass for ANY districts The ONLY reason it passed=Knoxville was excluded so that rep threw Nashville & Memphis under the bus for Bill Lee "Demographics"=black ppl & Democrats
@grrenshaw @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms Hate to point it out but the majority of children in Davidson and Shelby counties are minorities. Those are the families this is aimed towards. This is a program to help minorities have more opportunities if they want them.
@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms Let's be clear: Ppl AND Davidson/Shelby counties did NOT want vouchers. They were imposed on us by a gerrymandered GOP supermajority state assembly as a gift to Bill Lee. Glen Casada did in an underhanded way that left a bad taste & made clear the contempt state govt has for us.
@parentschoicetn @MetroSchools @TEA_teachers @EdChoiceTN @MariahTimms We vote, too. We love & care for our children, too. If vouchers are so great, again I ask, why didn't a Republican supermajority state assembly eagerly embrace it statewide?