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Hoping the BC teachers you’re dissing remember at election time.

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 4:32 pm By: Big Bob

MONEY IS AVAILABLE FOR UNDERSERVED STUDENTS.
The 2023 Appropriations Act Expands Eligibility for the Opportunity Scholarship Program
On October 3, 2023, the North Carolina State Budget (House Bill 259) became law. The new law authorizes several changes to the State’s Opportunity Scholarship Program, which will begin with the 2024-2025 school year.

Changes for the 2024-2025 school year include:

Removal of the income cap for families to receive the scholarship; now all North Carolina students in kindergarten through 12th grade will be eligible for the Scholarship regardless of income.
Prior public school enrollment is no longer a requirement for eligibility for the scholarship.
A student’s scholarship amount will be based on household income.
Scholarship amounts will range from approximately $3,000 to approximately $7,000.
The Opportunity Scholarship application for the 2024-2025 school year will open on February 1, 2024. Families must apply by March 1 to receive priority consideration

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 3:23 pm By: Buzz Cayon

The private sector does darn near anything better than government, and that includes education. Private schools, on average, spend less per pupil than public schools but achieve much better education results. Those opportunities should be there for all students, not just children of the rich. The teachers union and much of the education establishment is injecting political indoctrination into public schools. A poll last year in North Carolina found that 71% of North Carolina parents are concerned about political indoctrination in the public schools. Competition makes everything better and that includes schools.

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 2:59 pm By: Concerned Taxpayer

The writer has lots of interesting ideas, but misses the point of vouchers. They take money from public schools that educate all children and send it to private schools that have tons of discriminatory admission policies. I want my tax dollars going to public schools that are accountable to everyone in the community, not just to private schools. Where are test scores for private schools? How do we know kids are learning anything at all?

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 1:16 pm By: momoftwo

People of color = respect
Colored people = disrespect

I'm not surprised you don't know the difference.

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 12:51 pm By: Big Bob

We know that the Center - Left Coalition, a majority of Beaufort County Commissioners, do not support School Choice.

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 9:56 am By: Stan Deatherage

Call a Whambulance.

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 9:03 am By: Big Bob

Conor McGregor seems like he has a lot more sense than this idiot of an Irish prime minister. Hopefully, he will be forming a political party to bring some common sense to Irish politics. Apparently, the Irish government has a crying need for common sense on multiple fronts.

Commented: Monday, November 27th, 2023 @ 7:55 am By: Conservative Voter

That’s not what you discovered. Apparently you discovered you’re that other thing. Like a 2 year old throwing a tantrum.

Commented: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 7:03 pm By: Big Bob

Gee, when I was growing up, it was impolite and indeed insulting to use the term "colored people" but now it is in vogue with the far left to use the term "people of color". What's the difference?

Commented: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 9:33 pm By: Rino Hunter

We discovered that the court system in the 2020 General Election were either incapable or disinterested in the considering of contested cases where the plaintiff was not a Democratic Socialist.

All elections must be adjudicated as best that can be done before election day due to Two Tiered Justice System in the USA.

Commented: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 6:30 pm By: Stan Deatherage

When election fraud steals an election, the victims generally sue to get a new election, and hopefully get a court that will give them a full hearing. That is what happens in Europe. When the left cheated in the German state of Berlin's election a couple of years ago, the right sued, and the Constitutional Court ordered a full new election, which the right won. When Ukraine's pro-Russian party stole an election for parliament, the pro-western parties sued and their Constitutional Court ordered a full new election, which the pro-western parties won. That has happened some other places in Europe, but American courts make up excuses not to tackle these issues, and that is a threat to democracy. Many of these issues were brought to the courts to try to correct before the election even happened, but our pathetic American courts just looked the other way.

Commented: Sunday, November 26th, 2023 @ 1:23 pm By: Conservative Voter