Abbott’s Special Session Nonsense May Take Away Any Choice Parents Currently Have in Their Child’s Education
Hello SAISD and San Antonio Community Members,
As most of you know, Governor Greg Abbott called a 4th special session. Before he left for a short trip to Israel, he stated that he had faith that the House would pass an educational savings plan. Yet the House failed at that. The last day of the special session was 7th.
Now, let’s go over this new wave of micro-schools that have been around. We refer to them as the small schoolhouse. The idea is that these schools provide a one-on-one education that works for each student and then only allow 15 students to be enrolled in one micro-school. This sounds like a great idea, and it seems to be working for some, but in reality, most of these schools are parents homeschooling their children, and now they have found a way to make a profit.
Parents, I agree that we should have a say about our children’s education, but we, too, need to stick to one idea to ensure all students are getting a good education. But now, many of our school districts are closing schools to include SAISD. I have heard and seen both the pain and reality of losing our neighborhood schools, along with the teachers and staff that have become a part of our families. But at some point, we need to remember that our state’s checkbook can only provide for what we have now, which is public and charter schools. I know that we are overwhelmed and tired, but if another special session is called, we still need to make sure our voices are heard. This has been a long session that has gone into too much overtime so that our Governor can get his way. I say enough is enough. Let’s stop all this childish nonsense and save our public schools because, at this point, he’s not giving our parents a choice. If we wait to speak up our choice may soon disappear, and all of our children in Texas will suffer because of this nonsense.
I will keep you updated so until next week lets hold on tight and pray that we will get through this storm. If anyone has any questions or concerns please email me at lena.lopez@saobserver.com.
Have a Blessed Week,
Lena Lopez
