On Friday, Governor Kay Ivey introduced the McDades, an Alabama family utilizing the CHOOSE Act, the Education Savings Account (ESA) program. Breauna McDade has three sons who are 14, 11 and four years old. KaMarrion McDade is beginning sixth grade this school year and transferring from a public school to Valiant Cross Academy in Montgomery. KaMarrion’s education is being supported by the newly established CHOOSE Act program.
“The CHOOSE Act is supporting thousands of Alabama families across our state, families like the McDades,” said Governor Ivey. “KaMarrion’s mom shared that she had the goal to send all of her boys to Valiant Cross to receive a quality education and to grow as young men, and the CHOOSE Act is helping her do just that. I am proud to see this Alabama mom and her boys receive the education they desire!”
KaMarrion’s mother, Breauna McDade, first learned of Valiant Cross Academy while she worked in a daycare. She noticed the positive changes occurring in the boys that attended the school and wanted the same for her sons. Her oldest, KaMerrin, already attends Valiant Cross and is supported by the Alabama Accountability Act. While Breauna was generally happy with the public school education KaMarrion received, she simply wanted the Valiant Cross Academy education that aligned with the values she instilled in her boys at home…