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Private Schools And Public Schools

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Brooke Ward
Mr. Falor
Gov/Econ
9-28-17

The government is the reason we have order, safety, schools, roads, and many more things that we don't think too much about in our everyday lives. There are two branches of government the Democrats, and the Republicans. Our president, Donald Trump, is a republican. He believes in more investment in our military than our schooling. We already took a pay cut in our schooling system because of that, and the money that is going towards our schools are either going to public or private schools. But is it really necessary for the government to fund private schools when students already have to pay tuition? The government should be funding more towards public schooling.

By funding private schools, what will happen to the public schools that rely on that money from the government to provide an education to the students in their community? What if the public schools close, and the only other option that is reasonably close is a private school? A lot of people cannot afford the tuition cost of private schools. The average cost of a private elementary school in Michigan is 9,000 dollars per year. When kids move up to high school the cost jumps up to 13,500 dollars per year. (Average Private School Cost, 1) Most middle class families cannot afford the tuition, and also any extracurricular activities such as volleyball, or track. The average person in Michigan makes about 73,000 dollars per year (pay scale, 1). Depending on how many kids

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