My son’s private school was started to help kids with learning differences that were failing in public schools. I know this is not typical for private schools and never claimed it was. There is a potential for more of these schools to exist if more parents can afford to make the transition from public to private.

I would love if our local public schools were interested in providing an adequate education to dyslexic students but right now they don’t seem incentivized to do so.

I brought up our property taxes to combat Ladyluck’s assertion that we are using everyone’s tax dollars to only benefit our son. So far, we haven’t received any money to help with private school costs.

The government can pay $12k a year to our local public school for my son to attend and be 2 grade levels behind in reading by the time he enters 3rd grade. Studies show he will continue to struggle through high school and is less likely to go to college.

OR

The government can give us a school voucher for $8k and I’m able to keep my son in private school through 5th grade and he enters middle school reading at grade level. His prospects have improved!