CCSD Homeless

Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum

The number of homeless students in local public schools could reach about 8,000 by the end of the current school year

The Nevada Constitution established public education as a "safety net", for hopelessly underprivileged kids (ie homeless, orphans) who desperately want (ie sleeping on bleachers) to attend school but otherwise would have no chance. As the article describes, thankfully that is a relatively small number of kids. That is why the Constitution uses language like "one school per district" and did not make attendance compulsary.

Parents of those more fortunate ~300,000 remaining students should prioritize and figure out how to pay for their OWN children's *private* educations. Maybe one less case of beer per week?

If we had small government in this state, even using the current, per-capita wasteful appropriation figures, CCSD's budget would be closer to $100M/yr (down from its current multi-billion dollar level).