State support to schools is based on ADM (average daily membership), i.e., how many students.  When a student is no longer enrolled in a public school, the state basic support is lost to the District.  If you wish to establish a voucher system based on need, you have my full support.  If you wish to support a system which, in effect, gives a subsidy to parents wealthy enough to pay the "unvouchered" portion of private tuition, you will see my opposition.  

 There are, indeed, some very solid private school programs in the area.. I think immediately of Oak Hill and Marist.  These are fine programs.  However, remember they accept only "approved" applicants and dismiss students who don't perform adequately or cause problems, and, of course, those students then go to the public schools.  It's very unfair to compare these private, highly selective programs with the public schools.  They are very different.