Florida parents are taking advantage of an expanded school voucher program championed by Governor Ron DeSantis ®, according to messages from private Facebook groups obtained by Popular Information. The private Facebook messages reveal how parents are using the new

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    Again- kids at public schools can only play on those playgrounds at recess. These homeschoolers can play with their swingsets all the time. That is a two-tiered system.

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        Of course it’s a two-tier system. Do you think every parent is rich enough to survive on a single income while the other parent homeschools their children?

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                You think welfare is enough to sustain a single parent so they can homeschool? Really? Do you know how low welfare payments are?

                It’s virtually impossible for most single parents to homeschool and I think you know that.

                So it’s two-tiered.

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                    Why should people like a single mother not have access to the same vouchers despite their children going to public school? Or does that particular social program not need to be utilized by everyone?

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        Yes but for each swingset purchsed using state funds for a homeschool kid provides for 1 student whereas each swingset purchased using state money can provide for multiple classrooms of students.

        That homeschool swingset is now private property not useable by anyone else that helped pay for it.

        People choose homeschooling, fine. Homeschool should never be funded by the public, unless public school is not available or the student cannot attend for legitimate reasons.

        You choose to homeschool? Great, you homefund it, too.