[Vision2020] school funding

[Jennifer Ingalls]

Why shouldn't parents of special needs kids have to pay if parents of
"normal" kids have to pay in your scenario? Here's the thing . . . if I live
two miles out of town, I have no problem making my kid walk . . . unless he
can't. But I can't afford to pay for a whole bus in case all those parents
of walking-able kids decide not to buy into the bus program. Meaning no
funds for a bus meaning no bus. That's why all tax payers-not just those who
have kids-pay for busses, school lunches for lower-income families,
textbooks, resource rooms, and all the other things that public schools
provide. 

 

Jennifer L. Ingalls

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From: Donovan Arnold [mailto:donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 3:48 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com; Jennifer Ingalls
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] school funding

 


Jennifer,

 

I think special needs is a different story. It is not a matter of personal
responsibility, but a matter of chance that a parent be given an angel.
Parents of children with special needs should not pay anymore than any other
parent of a non-special needs child. But I disagree that walking a mile or
two to school is child abuse. In fact, I bet the bulging numbers of obese
children would decline if they went for a walk the days a year. Maybe we can
even make it a required job duty of obese gym teachers to escort them along
the way. 

 

But yes, I think it is fair for parents to decide what they think is safe
and cost effective transportation for children. I don't understand why the
taxpayer has to pay $180,000 for big yellow polluting bus to go two miles as
the most cost effect means to transport anyone anywhere. 

 

Perhaps maybe having the parents pay for a public bus ticket, like they do
in Europe. Or, collectively hire a transportation company to do it, and the
taxpayer splits the cost. Or maybe, they can take the time out of their own
day to drive their own children. 

 

Best Regards,

 

Donovan

 



--- On Fri, 3/20/09, Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer at inlandradio.com> wrote:


From: Jennifer Ingalls <jennifer at inlandradio.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] school funding
To: "'Donovan Arnold'" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>, vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Friday, March 20, 2009, 5:20 PM

 . . . oh, and for that matter, instead of paying for a bus, why not just
let the child walk to school? If I could get enough other parents to say no
to the bus, too, we just won't have to buy one. Except that one kid who is
in a wheelchair . . . I guess he needs a bus. Oh well, we'll just let his
parents worry about that, huh?

 

Jennifer L. Ingalls

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