Houston-area educator Michelle Palmer is skeptical that receiving $10,000 in newly approved private school vouchers will help many of the students in her district, where she teaches high school social studies.
“There are very few parents in Aldine (Independent School District) that can afford private school, even with vouchers,” Palmer said. “I don’t think that it will help anyone to afford a school that can’t already, $10,000 is not enough for almost any private school.”
Her district, Aldine ISD, serves mostly low-income Latino and Black students north of Houston…