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Originally Posted by Alfisti
We took the plunge and decided to send my oldest to a private high school, the local Elementary school has been incredibly disappointing. The public system here is run by a ruthless teachers union where they make 6 figures, work to rule and retire at 55 so they dumb down the curriculum, it's an absolute shit show of the highest order.
We don't have the whole crime/stabby/behavior issues here that some of you seem to mention, more a totally ambivalent teaching cohort. So given I am taxed at 53% I need to find $45K pre-tax to send him to school after pumping money into public system that has failed us.
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Isn't it fun paying for public schooling through our property tax, and then paying for private school too? I personally just love it.
Florida has a good system though from what I understand - I believe down there you can choose to put your kids in public school just like here, no cost as you already pay for it just like we do, BUT if you choose to take your kids out of public school and put them in private, the government recognizes you aren't using the public school system and gives you a lump sum amount that you then can put towards private school. I think it might even be something like $6-8K or so per kid, but not sure. Not that it fully covers private school, but at least it doesn't feel like you are paying twice.
Any Florida peeps able to confirm what I've heard?