Dear Heath Wells: Thank You!
Franklin Perez (No Party Affiliation) Florida State House Candidate (District 33) Libertarian Minded and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! http://www.geocities.com/fperez1776 >From: "Wells, Heath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Franklin Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: My Answers to FOUNDATION for ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS >Questionnaire >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:07:03 -0400 > >Dear Mr. Perez: > >Thank you for submitting your answers to the Count Me In! questionnaire. >We will post your responses on the Foundation's website after August >25th. We'll let you know when the results are published. > >Regards, >Heath > >Heath Wells >Program Director, Count Me In! >Foundation for Orange County Public Schools >Phone: 407.317.3200 ext. 2940 Fax: 407.317.3457 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Website: www.foundationforocps.org > >Public involvement. Public education. Public benefit. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Franklin Perez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 2:40 PM >To: Wells, Heath >Subject: My Answers to FOUNDATION for ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS >Questionnaire > >Dear Director of Foundation for Orange County Public Schools: > >This e-mail is in response to the Questionnaire you sent me as a result >of >me running for the Florida State House of Representatives (District 33). >I >am running as a No Party Affiliation candidate with a Libertarian >political >philosophy. For the reasons why I chose to run as a No Party Affiliation > >candidate with a Libertarian political philosophy, please read my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/why_npa_eng.html hyperlink. > >My campaign slogan is: >Libertarian Minded and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! > >Below are the questions you sent me along with my answers: > >1. Where does education fall on your priority list? > >It's the FIRST item in my political platform as you may see by going to >my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/index_eng.html hyperlink. > >2. What do you feel is the biggest challenge facing our public schools, >and >what solutions do you offer? > >The biggest challenge facing public schools is that public schools will >NEVER be able to offer the same level of educational services that >private >schools can offer in a truly competeive free-market environment. They >are >nothing but government-enforced monopolies where most parents have no >REAL >choice but to send their children to Public Schools because most parents > >cannot afford to pay the taxes for public school and at the same time >send >their children to a private school. So, most parents wind up sending >their >children to public school whether they want to or not. Since public >schools >have no real competition, there is no REAL incentive for Public Scholls >to >offer good education. Thus, quality of education suffers. > >The problem is stated very clearly in my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/school_voucher_eng.html#FinalThought >sOnCurrentPublicEducationSystem >hyperlink. > >The REAL solution to our current Public School system is to move towards >a >Pure School Voucher system for grades K - 12. Thois would involve >phasing >out gradually our Public School System and let private for-profit >schools >teach youngsters. Parents would use School Vouchers towards ANY private >school of their choosing. This would create a competitive free-maket for > >educational services of K - 12, thus causing educational services to >increase in quality. > >In essence, we must get the government out of the educational services >business or else we will continue to talk about solving our educational >problems every year their is an election. > >Details of my plan may be seen at my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/school_voucher_eng.html hyperlink. > >3. How will you work to ensure adequate and equitable funding and >resources >for our students and schools? > >By moving towards the Pure School Voucher systen I propose in my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/school_voucher_eng.html hyperink, >the >cost of educating our youngsters will decrease. As stated in my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/school_voucher_eng.html hyperlink, >the >cost of educating youngsters in private schools is less than in public >schools... and the quality is better. > >4. What are your plans to help improve student achievement? > >Move towards a Pure School Voucher system as explained in my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/school_voucher_eng.html hyperlink. >In a >free-market system of education, private schools will not only compete >in >offering quality education, but to also make it interesting to the >students. > >Making classes more interesting to students will, in turn, cause them to > >take greater interest in studying and thus increase student achievement. > >5. Do you have ideas for enhancing teacher quality? If so, what are >they? > >Yes, I do. Move towards the Pure School Voucher system as I describe in >my >http://www.geocities.com/fperez2006/school_voucher_eng.html hyperlink. >The >problem we have now is that many teachers are protected by unions and >many >parents cannot afford to pay taxes to maintain public schools and pay >for >private school tuition at the same time. Thus, public schools have a >CAPTIVE >audience with no real recourse but for parents to send their children to > >their designated public school whether they like it or not. That is not >right. > >Creating a competive, free-market, private school system using Pure >School >Vouchers will give parents REAL choice as to where to send their >children. >Poor performing teachers will not be able to hide behind the protective >shield of the Teachers' Unions, thus under a competive, free-market, >private >school system, private schools will have a REAL incentive to hire >high-quality teachers or else lose their business to OTHER private >schools. > >Thus, this is my solution to enhancing teacher quality. > >Sincerely, > >Franklin Perez (No Party Affiliation) >Florida State House Candidate (District 33) - Year 2006 >Libertarian Minded and Independent! Not Beholden to Party Politics! >http://www.geocities.com/fperez1776 > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! 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