Month: 26 Iyyar 5784 (June 2024)

@wiljames I don't think parents realize their kids with disabilities aren't going to be accommodated. Religious schools aren't exactly shouting that from the rooftops.

@wiljames That's probably a contributing factor, otherwise it wouldn't have shown up in the news because typically disability stuff like this doesn't get mainstream coverage. Lack of accommodation for students with disabilities in religious schools is nonetheless an actual problem.

@wiljames And don't even get me started on disability rights orgs, at least the blindness ones, sleeping on this. Because they are.

@bryansmart Honestly I think a lot of parents are sending their kids to religious schools because, aside from the disability issue, the education the students get is miles better when it comes to secular subjects than they will get in their local public schools, and anyone who wants to ensure their tax dollars don't go to religious schools is going to have to start stepping up and doing things like becoming active in local schoolboard meetings and such in order to make public schools provide better.

@wiljames These vouchers pull from property taxes don't they?

@bryansmart That's not how taxes work.

@jcsteh Seconding Drew here don't read the thread.