26 years teaching high school here. I am 100% in favor of homeschooling, Parochial schools, private schools, charter school, etc... If your child attends one of these "alternative" educational systems your taxes should be deferred in proportion to the tuition or the state/ county should be required to pay a percentage of the cost of that education. But and here is the big proviso: Public schools should be given the exact same latitude as those schools. Not a single one of these schools is required by law to provide educational opportunities to EVERY SINGLE CHILD that walks through the front door. We are required to provide those opportunities. If a child's behavior is so severe that it requires expulsion we have to send them to an Alternative educational system at public expense. This could be jail, Juvenile detention, or home tutoring. I want public school to be able to kick little Jimmy or Susie to the curb for telling a teacher or staff member to Eff off, bullying a special Ed student, vandalizing school property, etc...... I have lost count of the students that were "homeschooled" and then enrolled in my school because liberal mommy or daddy couldn't handle their behavior, kicked out of one of the Catholic school for stealing an exam and then doing the EXACT same thing at a school I worked at the very next year. I can tell you about the young minority student kicked out of a "Christian" school for selling drugs. He lasted 3 days at the school I worked at. You see the "Christian" school would not allow the police on the property to make arrests, but as a public school we did. I can tell you about a friend of mine working at an inner city school. He tried to stop a 98 lb minority girl student from being beat up by her 200 lb boyfriend. SHE then turned around and kicked my friend in the groin. He lost a testicle and was off work for 8 weeks. She got 3 nights detention. For those of you that believe you can do better; Come on in the water is warm, I would love for you to show me how I can help your children do better.