On 2016-07-14 11:23 AM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 21:57:54 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>> On 7/13/2016 8:54 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> Yes, of course I would! Having lived in many countries I had never
>>>> encountered such an antiquated idea as dividing schools by religion!
>>>
>>>
>>> Many countries have faith based schools. The US has parochial school.
>>> The UK has faith schools.
>>>
>>
>>
>> US parochial schools were built with private funds by the religious
>> organization. I understand now they may get some government funding for
>> some non-religious programs. If you want to attend you pay tuition.
>
> They are already entitled to certain services - their parents are tax
> payers, just like everyone else.

Yes, they are taxpayers and the government does fund education. Granted,
the funding varies from one jurisdiction to another. However, there are
additional costs that arise from the duplication of services. There are
the administrative costs of having a board office with a director,
superintendents, secretarial staff etc. Then there is the issue of
transportation. We people living close enough to a public school whose
children are being bused to a Catholic school, and at the same time,
people living near a Catholic school whose kids are being bused to a
public school. There is no Catholic high school in my town, so teens are
bused about 12 miles to the closed one.