{"id":33203,"date":"2016-10-19T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acprimetime.wpengine.com\/?p=33203"},"modified":"2021-04-29T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T15:42:53","slug":"atlantic-city-considers-benefits-school-vouchers-many-taxpayers-ready-vote-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/atlantic-city-considers-benefits-school-vouchers-many-taxpayers-ready-vote-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic City Considers Benefits of School Vouchers. Many Taxpayers Ready to Vote Yes."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-33204\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"564\" src=\"http:\/\/acprimetime.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-shot-2015-05-13-at-100214-ampng-5f2025df6b358561-1024x564.png\" alt=\"Atlantic City School Board of Education\" class=\"wp-image-33204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-shot-2015-05-13-at-100214-ampng-5f2025df6b358561-1024x564.png 1024w, https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-shot-2015-05-13-at-100214-ampng-5f2025df6b358561-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-shot-2015-05-13-at-100214-ampng-5f2025df6b358561-768x423.png 768w, https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-shot-2015-05-13-at-100214-ampng-5f2025df6b358561-610x336.png 610w, https:\/\/acprimetime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/screen-shot-2015-05-13-at-100214-ampng-5f2025df6b358561.jpg 1115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Overspend and underachieve; Atlantic City School Board under fire.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the Atlantic City School Board getting good ROI (Return on Investment) when spending tax dollars to educate our kids? Even with close to $27,000 spent per student, the board is hard pressed to prove that their oversight of education is efficient and effective .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s why AC Councilman Jesse Kurtz proposed a school voucher referendum.<\/strong> If voters approve the referendum, all Atlantic City children will receive a $10,000 scholarship to attend the school of their parents&#8217; choice. At the same time, taxes would be reduced for the Atlantic City taxpayer.&nbsp;The city council approved it unanimously, now it&#8217;s up to local voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On Nov. 8, Atlantic City voters will decide on the future of K-12 education in their city.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the NJ Dept of Education, Atlantic City spent over $26,634 per student in 2015. That number is a conservative estimate. If the referendum passes, the cost of educating each Atlantic City student could drop to just $10,000 per pupil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comprehensive national survey conducted in 2015 for \u201cThe New Orleans Charter School Revolution-Ten Years After Katrina\u201d found that 72% of African American parents polled support school choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Governor Christie: wants to change the school funding formula. It\u2019s not working.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bKazSvzZW4?rel=0&amp;controls=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The unconstitutional &#8216;last in first out&#8217; termination of teachers needs to go. It should be done based on merit not just seniority. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We put handcuffs on educators from getting results by all these rules that are imposed by the union and by members of the legislature and previous governors that make no sense.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the Atlantic City School Board getting good ROI (Return on Investment) when spending tax dollars to educate our kids? Even with close to $27,000 spent per student, the board is hard pressed to prove that their oversight of education is efficient and effective . That&#8217;s why AC Councilman Jesse Kurtz proposed a school voucher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3989,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Atlantic City Considers Benefits of School Vouchers. 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