TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — As more Florida families use state vouchers to move their children into private and charter schools, public school districts are facing shrinking enrollment and tightening budgets, forcing difficult choices about staffing and services.
In Leon County, school board members say Leon County Schools recently cut its budget by $7.8 million as funding follows students out of traditional public classrooms.
Leon County parent Kelvin Youmas said he attended public schools and wants to see them succeed, but he sees more families choosing other options. “Now days it’s so crazy, the world is it’s like a lot of people are going to private schools and home school because it’s just so crazy, what’s going on,” Youmas said…