Agassi (Rich Kids) Prep

Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum

Only a quarter of Agassi Prep students qualified or applied for free and reduced price lunches this year. On the other hand, 80 percent to 100 percent of students attending public schools near Agassi Prep qualify for free and reduced price lunches.

Agassi Prep gets subsidized to teach rich kids. I LOVE IT! You know, public education was never meant to be this great egalitarian experiment.

The Nevada Constitution established it as a safety net. It was designed to help the relatively small number of kids who desperately wanted an education but had absolutely no other alternative. Seems to me that at least 75% of the kids at Prep could afford upper-end private schools. My guess is the remainder also,if only CCSD would get out of the way and let a market for inexpensive private schools emerge.

The monstrosity we know as CCSD (300K+ students) comes from crooked politicians who discovered that if you tell a big enough lie you can reward the special interests many times over and still get average folks to vote for you.