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The public school system is a mess. Though it has never worked in the past, the thought is to throw more money at it. Over the years, billions of dollars have been earmarked for California schools. In 2008, Kern County voters approved every school bond measure proposed. But here we are again, bemoaning the tattered condition of our school facilities, notifying teachers of layoffs and canceling graduation ceremonies. In most other areas of life we are loath to accept a monopoly. We complain around the water cooler that our electric bills are too high and we don't have a choice. But with our schools we just keep spending money on what seems to be the only game in town. It's time to have a choice. Not the kind of "choice" we have now, but real options when it comes to the character and quality of the education of our children. Now we choose one single parent's address over another's to get into the better school. Now we exercise "choice" by creatively exploiting...
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