We have two grandsons in public schools. One attends Thousand Oaks High School, the other Juan Cabrillo Elementary School in Malibu. Both boys are doing well and are happy. Their parents are very satisfied that these schools are helping the boys to achieve academically and are encouraging their talents in art and music as well. We have no intention of removing these children from the public school system.
If, however, the boys were in schools where merely attending was putting them at risk, physically or mentally; or if the schools were not teaching them, we wouldn’t hesitate to remove them and place them in private or parochial schools.
I believe that all children have the right to be safe in school and to be educated to the best of their ability to learn. I believe that any parents who feel that their particular public school cannot insure a child’s safety or is not doing the job of teaching their children should have the same choice we have, i.e. to put their children in a better or safer school.
That’s why I am voting for school vouchers.
Agnes F. Peterson