Ohio Ed choice vouchers pay $7,500 of public tax payer money towards that tuition. Deep pocket boosters pick up the rest. Please don’t tell us these players who live in public housing have parents who are paying this tuition.
I beg to differ on the "deep pocket boosters" It's simply not true. But you believe that, so in your world, you've created that "truth." Do you think every kid at St Edward gets a voucher? As a parent who paid tuition, I know that's not true.
As a St Edward alumnus, I get weekly mailers from St Edward trying to raise money, sometimes $1 at a time, to help all students (not just those from "public housing" as you suggest) for tuition. It's not that simple. Private/Catholic education isn't easy or cheap. And you'd be surprised to learn that those kids you describe as being from "public housing" are actually from suburbs in the Cleveland area.
Look, I get it. You believe there's a magic wand that schools like St Edward produce to make a "sugar daddy" booster appear with stacks of cash. What world are you living in? I'm telling you its just not the case.
My son played rugby at Eds. We (the rugby parents) sold $2 hot dogs, one at a time, for our kids to get new uniforms and travel to Elkhart Indiana for tournaments. I'm proud of the sacrifice I see from kids and families that attend St Edward. It's a special place. Its not free. You have to work and do extra to be a part of it. We're not better than anyone else, but were not a cheap suit that's bought by an imaginary booster as you seem to believe.
And I should add, I'm paying taxes towards a $13,000 per pupil expenditure each year for a public school system in Cleveland that I don't use, but don't let that fact get in the way of your argument.