Being against vouchers has nothing to do with having the $ to send your kids to private school. The cost to the taxpayer will be lower, no doubt, with what Secret Service will need to do in a private school vs. the local public school.

Mom to 3 (and all of their friends, who love to hang out at my house-- LOVE THAT, almost always know where they are!!!)

I did not vote for Obama, but he won the election, and he is entitled to do whatever he pleases about his children's education. If YOU were President, don't you think you would have sense enough to have someone come in and teach your children (unless you sent them to private schools)? I know I would.

of course the Obamas are too good for public schools.

Honestly Fred, Obama does not know what he is going to do in office and will fall flat on his face.

We as americans will suffer for his inexperience and his miracles that he can't perform.

I do expect miracles from him on the first day he is in office. LOL

God Is In Control

Not have applied to President Bush's daughters as well? Correct me if I'm wrong, but no one admonished him for not sending them to public schools. Guess he didn't want his children left behind either.

Last time I checked, fayette county wasn't necessarily "inner city" so why are you so upset? I don't know of any Presidents who COULD leave their kids in public school and keep them safe. Furthermore, he's the product of a deadbeat dad and single mother. Since when do we as Americans hate a person because their parents open opportunity for them to thrive? I am an inner city kid who was moved to the better areas to gain the opportunities that some kids were born with. I am a college grad and my kids are about to be accepted into a private school (full tuition paid). I also fight with other parents for equal education in all areas. Do you? If you are so concerned about the inequality in the school systems why don't you choose a more proactive approach to the problem? Petitioning for change, influencing your local representative to sponsor a bill, going into the inner cities with new approaches for families to become more involved in the PTO (which is how most schools get extra money for programs), all of these methods can help. Shifting blame never does. good luck to you.