Olympic Christian School
| "My only concern with vouchers is whether or not the
government would demand more control over my teaching my children or the
teaching of children in private schools. Anything that would give
the goveernment more control over than it already has over my family,
I view as a bad thing. I think that you do not care for the govrnment telling
us how we are to raise our children either. IF the
vouchers were given and the amount of control the govrnment has was lessened
or stayed the same, I would be okay with it. Otherwise, I would fight them,
because I value my current level of liberty in educating my children.
My mother worked long hard hours and multiple jobs to put me through private school, my husband works hard so I can stay at home and teach our kids. I am well aware of what the public schools are given that we who do not directly use them have to pay,. Still, given the choice of vouchers with strings and no vouchers, I will take no vouchers" TDL |
In the face of falling test scores, anti-Christian teachings, drugs,
violence and other
well-publicized evils in most of our public schools, a few years
ago, Clallam County
residents got together and started a private school in the unimposing
structure
pictured below.
The school provides k thru 12 education for well over 100 students.
Test scores have run considerably better than national or local public
school averages. Instead
of time spent teaching children about Gaia
and Evolution
(the environmental Gods), they are
taught from the bible about GOD the CREATOR, and still find
time to produce well above average
test scores in all the general subjects.
This abandoned school house, located on hwy 101 between PA and Sequim
was first rented from
a Seattle landlord who was not a Christian. Subsequently, he became
so interested in what was going
on, that he donated the property to the OCS board. Church facilities
are utilized to provide the
additional space needed for the growing school. Last year,
the school graduated it's first senior
high school class.
J
Jerrod (l) and Eric (r) Larson - OCS Students
Vouchers
The difficulty with private schools is, of course, COST. Folks
who send their children to this
school, also pay their taxes for maintaining the public schools
and these children are educated
without cost to the taxpayers. A voucher program, such as the President
has advocated (and
the supreme court sanctioned) would be a boon to these children.
The net result would still be
beneficial to the public schools, since they would be relieved of
the cost of educating these
students with only a fraction of the per-student cost being refunded
to the private school
students. Public school educators oppose vouchers because
they say, the money for vouchers
should go to public schools only.
THE TRUTH IS THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
IS GETTING A
FREE RIDE ON PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
It has been repeatedly admitted that the public school system
would be
overwhelmed if all the private and parochial schools suddenly shut
down -
- - yet they get none of the tax money for schools.
A voucher program is operating very successfully in Florida and other
states including
Colorado are considering starting one.
However, it is unlikely we will see anything of a voucher program
in Washington State
anytime soon on account of the tremendous power of the teacher's
union [WEA] who
fear nothing so much as they fear Competition.
What do you think?
Mail to: nobb@marvchastain.com
USPS Mail: NOBB, 356 Lawrence Rd, Port Angeles, WA 98363
Commentary by Don Albright:
We need a public education system. The problem is, we have a
FAILED UNION EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
with layers of support staff that needs to be
removed. Administration costs are excessive . . . alternative
education vouchers are an answer to
this dilemma. Private schools are cost effective, safer, and
produce more effective eduction without
all the social engineering.