Whenever the claim "my taxes should follow my kid" is made, I'm always curious how far that should be taken. What other tax aspects should follow you? Should your city and sales taxes only be for your roads? Should your income taxes help you proportionately more than someone that pays less? More federal aid (assuming a natural disaster) for your zip code or neighborhood than for a neighborhood in south Dallas?

"public schools need work" but let's keep on keeping on downwards forever with the status quo! Wee!

They said at the meeting that funding per student would increase in Alliance ISD compared to what it is presently (although not by much). I think this has more to do with debt, as it is the schools on the west side of 377 that have been building new facilities and taking on the debt. So yes, in essence, the folks on the east side are subsidizing the west. Those facilities were not built in Keller proper.

Race baiters love making this into a class warfare issue. Gets a lot more clicks and pissed off people.

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Been in Southlake 10' years now and wonder what makes this district exceptional (came from Mansfield ISD, which isn't bad imo). Is it wealth, teacher quality, parent involvement, something else, all of the above?

I'm just a caveman when it comes to this stuff and I'm sure there's book out there that addresses this

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Parent involvement is the true differentiator between districts IMO. Both in things like PTA and being involved and supporting the student's academic success.

I live in the city of Keller close to the Keller / Southlake border (east side of 377) and both my kids attend Keller ISD. We feed into the original Keller HS. There are 34,000+ students in Keller ISD with 70% to 80% living on the west side of 377 in Fort Worth and feeding into three different high schools. I don't get into school politics and don't care what the outcome is as it relates to the current discussions. I see both sides of the argument. One side is trying to reduce cost. Keller ISD has had to cut $45 MM from their budget over the past two years due to the lack of funding from the state as Abbott continues to hold $40 B hostage so he can get his voucher program. Southlake has had to cut $27 MM from their budget over the past year, including selling their administrative campus and consolidating multiple elementary and middle schools. When you consider the Robin Hood plan and the decreased funding from the state, school districts across the state are trying to find ways to save money. The issue with KISD is the parents of kids that may be "removed" from Keller ISD to form a new Alliance ISD and view this proposal from the lens that they live on the "wrong side of the tracks" as the actual dividing line is the railroad tracks along HWY 377. There is plenty of tax dollars on that side, including the very large Alliance retail development along I-35. The way the board went about proposing the plan was not good and it was leaked via Facebook and then the Star-Telegram got ahold of the story and the appearance is the KISD board is making plans in secret and not including public feedback. The cover up is always worse than the crime. I don't see anything coming of this anytime soon as attorneys are already involved, the FW Mayor is against the idea, and the current superintendent indicate in the most recent board meeting that she would resign of the plan moves forward. Like I said before, I really don't care either way.

Been around for years but rarely post. Forgot my password a long time ago so just created a new account. My wife says I talked to much so she stopped listening to me. Figured I would annoy some new people!!

Providing anecdotal evidence of one private school that provides special education services vs that vast majority that don't is not all that convincing. From what I can see, approximately 67 out of over 1,000 private schools provide special education services. Would $10k a child allow some to choose private schools? Yes, at the margin, but private school would remain out of reach for the vast majority of Texas families.

This is not good for education in this state, particularly rural education. And it's being pushed by West Texas billionaires.

Exactly. And the fact that Abbott primaried those rural republicans who were looking out for their districts and voted against vouchers is sickening.