Back to School
Governor Mitch Daniels is going to unveil a plan this morning to provide Hoosiers with short and long-term property tax relief. In the meanwhile, I’ve got a thought, consolidate and privatize every school district in Marion County.
Take all nine school districts: IPS, Pike, Washington, Lawrence, Wayne, Warren, Franklin, Perry and Decatur and consolidate them and then turn the management of the Marion County School District over to a private company.
For the critics of privatization, need I remind you a private company manages the water company and also managed the airport? And if you don’t think a private institution can run a school, I point to Harvard and Yale.
Why should taxpayers have to pay for nine administrative staff, library systems, transportation systems, cafeteria systems, etc? And if you’re worried about the district being too big, at one time in the 1960s IPS had as many students as there are in all the Township schools.
It’s time for new thinking in Indianapolis. If you disagree, go take another look at your tax bill.
