The Inter-Mountain – “Together for Public Schools” a focus group from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy held a Town Hall meeting May 19 at Phil Gainer Center. Sarah Duncan, who spoke at Kump Center in March, returned to Elkins with a PowerPoint presentation full of information about the harms of using tax dollars for the Hope Scholarship giveaway plan.
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There is no accountability for this so-called “School Choice” program. As it stands now, there are no good choices for the majority of West Virginia students. Rich kids in a few cities may get more money to attend private high schools with established records of sending students to the best colleges, but most middle class and poor families will see less and less funding for 90% of WV students who still go to the public schools.
It is clear to me that parents need to become more aware and more actively engaged in local political policies that impact their children. The money crunch is particularly painful for large rural counties like Randolph. The Randolph County BOE has to pay for transporting students long distances or maintain small schools with state required essential services in remote regions.
