Opinion Letters to the Editor  Letters to the Editor  Here are
reasons why school vouchers could actually harm your child’s
education  We want to emphasize to our communities that vouchers
will jeopardize the quality of education throughout our state.
A common misconception is that parents may use them to leave the
public school system to enroll their children in a private or
home school. In fact, these families would face many obstacles.
Many private schools have selective enrollment, potentially
leaving those with behavior problems or learning disabilities in
public schools.  Under most proposed plans, school vouchers
would not fund the entire cost of tuition. Therefore, only
families who could afford to supplement additional tuition would
be able to attend.  Most private schools do not provide free
transportation, so only students whose families could transport
them to school would benefit from the voucher. Many private
schools are parochial, where religious orientation may not be
appropriate for some fam