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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jb67758 wrote

Reply to comment by halfbakedblake in Rep. Scott Beck: Is this education alliance good for Vermont students? - VTDigger by halfbakedblake

So do what then build new high schools across a good portion of the NEK? Seize the independents by imminent domain and essentially nationalize them?

Becks actual point or so it seems is not arguing for religion just pointing out the collateral damage to thousands of other students in the state. Is it really worth it over a handful of religious students?

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Optimized_Orangutan t1_jb68og6 wrote

It's not. The NEK is dead enough. People in here talking about defunding two of it's biggest employers and leaving three counties without a highschool.

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jb69rud wrote

Even our own Agency of Ed is against it.

"That proposal drew swift opposition from independent schools and school choice advocates. The Vermont Agency of Education also opposed it, Education Secretary Dan French said earlier this week.

“Unlike public schools, independent schools exist for a variety of purposes. Regulating them in a manner comparable to public schools would be inappropriate,” French wrote in testimony submitted to the Senate Committee on Education.

The proposed legislation, he said, “would significantly alter the independent school landscape in Vermont.”

https://vtdigger.org/2023/03/03/house-lawmakers-weigh-softer-approach-to-independent-schools/

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dordemartinovic t1_jb6h62i wrote

Well yeah, Dan French is a Republican political appointee, his view on independent schools is likely part of why he was hired in the first place

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jb6kqyz wrote

Got anything other than he's republican appointee. I did not and dont know much of anything about him but I never knew this to be a pressing issue until recently nor ever heard a peep outa the governor about his issue either. But if you have something that shows thats why he was hired I would be open to it.

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dordemartinovic t1_jb6xhh9 wrote

You heard what the Governor wants when Dan French opened his mouth. That’s what political appointees do.

But yeah, Scott is on the record supporting school choice.

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/02/scott-education-board-over-private-schools/93130596/

I obviously wasn’t in the room when Scott selected French, but I do know that disagreement over this issue was a significant reason why French’s predecessor left, so it kind of follows that he was hired at least partially because of this

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jb74hqq wrote

I don't see the point of the linked article really. Why is school choice a republican thing? Even Scott's opponent Sue Minter was against the proposed rules per the article. Seems the so called mouthpiece of the governor was aligned with the dems as well. After all and ya Ill go way out on a limb and assume that at the time dems had control of all but the governorship they failed to advance any of this. So again I don't think that paints the guy in the bad light you are implying.

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dordemartinovic t1_jb7cgwh wrote

I suggest reading both official party platforms if you don’t think school choice is a partisan issue in Vermont

I also never called anyone a bad guy. I said Dan French’s job is to advance Republican education policy. That’s a fact.

And yes, the Democrats did do something about it back then. Guess what’s causing all this hullabaloo? The Supreme Court effectively overturning what the Democrats did

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halfbakedblake OP t1_jb6e5x7 wrote

I have no valid arguments. This was more to get an understanding of this article. It was a bit confusing to me. I know he works at the academy and was reading from the view point he wants to protect them.

I don't think we should build highschools across the nek. I don't think religious or private schools should get my money either. I would also like a better choice, I am truly not well enough informed to give one.

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Real-Pierre-Delecto2 t1_jb6lw8v wrote

Well both the Academy and LI are private. You would need to build at least two maybe more public high schools to replace them if no public money flowed to private schools. That's just the way it's always been out here. Essex county just east of the Academy has no high schools at all and many other towns in Caledonia Co rely on those two mainly but also a network of many smaller schools.

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