At South Shore Montessori School near Tampa, Florida, founder and CEO Rohini Rustogi calls the state's newly expanded school voucher program a game changer.
“It’s been amazing,” said Kimberly Boswell Warbrough, who also has two children attending private schools with a state voucher.Education experts look for creative ways to retain teachers Scripps News Tampa 7:15 AM, May 20, 2024 But while these parents tout Florida’s newly expanded universal school voucher program as an overwhelming success, some school operators are giving the program mixed reviews.
The situation became so critical that some private schools for students with disabilities faced shutting down and leaving the families who relied on them facing the unknown. “It has to be micromanaged until we get it right because these families depend on this,” Sanomi said of the taxpayer-funded program.
“Teachers are worried that the end of the year is not going to be able to be completed," Walsh said."And school owners are having to make difficult decisions as to whether they're going to close their doors and not reopen again in the fall.