2016 Postmortem

LibDemAlways

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7. All of that is true. But like I said, children kept

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 04:39 PM

Mar 2016

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out of public schools means less government funding for those schools which hurts children whose families can't afford pricey private schools. My daughter attended public school and parents were constantly asked for contributions to fund programs the government couldn't provide.

If parents choose to go the private school route, they are certainly free to do so, but public schools in California anyway are allotted funds based on pupil attendance. Every private school child means less money in public school coffers.

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Their Kids Don't Attend Public School [View all] amborin Mar 2016 OP

La Canada-Flintridge is a well-to-do area with good LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #1

yes, exactly! they are of and for the elite amborin Mar 2016 #5

School taxes are paid, even when the children don't attend, so how are fewer dollars synergie Mar 2016 #10

School taxes are collected from homeowners, true. LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #25

You do realize, don't you, that Sanders also has the same type of fundraiser with the same dollar Tanuki Mar 2016 #19

I've heard that Bill Clinton was so poor they grew up without indoor plumbing shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #45

obama's kids don't go to public school. stanford is not a public school either. virgin mary msongs Mar 2016 #2

All of that is true. But like I said, children kept LibDemAlways Mar 2016 #7

How? Do you think that the cities in which these poeple live don't collect school taxes and synergie Mar 2016 #18

The fact that they can afford a gated, private school stinks of elitism... Human101948 Mar 2016 #26

President Obama's daughters attend private school. nt cwydro Mar 2016 #28

And they are now part of the elite... Human101948 Mar 2016 #30

But schools receive that funding per pupil. kcr Mar 2016 #29

Having an event for their base. pdsimdars Mar 2016 #3

yes amborin Mar 2016 #4

By their "base" you mean, to raise money for Democrats? Like Bernie was supposed to do synergie Mar 2016 #16

How did "progressives" start despising the wealthy? JaneyVee Mar 2016 #6

guess you missed the point; but, otherwise, why are you defending restricting access to billion amborin Mar 2016 #8

So what was your point, and where is your proof that the poeple you refer to are billionaires? synergie Mar 2016 #15

Real ones don't make such silly and moronic assuptions about parents who choose synergie Mar 2016 #13

Well, I don't. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #22

^^^ Mathematically challenged PowerToThePeople Mar 2016 #23

The Clintons both attended public school growing up. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #9

The OIP wasn't saying the Clinton's did, but that these random people who were synergie Mar 2016 #12

I get that this post is supposed to be a smear, since that's pretty much what I've come to expect synergie Mar 2016 #11

It's part of the Gish gallop approach to ... JoePhilly Mar 2016 #24

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Let me guess....do all of Bernie's high rolling donors send their kids to public schools? Tanuki Mar 2016 #17

OMG. This so flies in the face of everything BS supporters have preached to us Fla Dem Mar 2016 #36

Beautiful campus. I don't begrudge anyone having the resources to oasis Mar 2016 #20

There's no reason we should begrudge them for it. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #21

Maybe not begrudge, but people are too quick to dismiss public schools. kcr Mar 2016 #31

Hey kcr, I hear you and respect shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #37

I'm not. kcr Mar 2016 #40

Okay. shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #41

I agree with you. I started with boys in private, different reasons, but supposedly higher academics seabeyond Mar 2016 #42

There are international baccalaureate (IB) katsy Mar 2016 #32

That sounds amazing shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #38

There is that, what Katsy suggested. I also found with my boys that keeping them in the seabeyond Mar 2016 #43

thanks for sharing shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #46

Excellent! katsy Mar 2016 #49

Not very big I'm rural katsy Mar 2016 #47

I had never heard IB schools before shadowandblossom Mar 2016 #39

They are what all our schools should be katsy Mar 2016 #48

I'm going off topic but, oasis Mar 2016 #33

And I bet this town votes for Bernie in June RandySF Mar 2016 #27

So, that has some relevance in what way? MineralMan Mar 2016 #34

So people who send their kids to a fancy school are hosting a Clinton fundraiser? gollygee Mar 2016 #35

They did fundraising for Obama too. Sorry. nt BreakfastClub Mar 2016 #44