In rural areas, public schools are often the only education option. If families in Colorado, Kentucky or Nebraska are allowed to divert state funds to private education, rural communities stand to suffer the most, reports The Daily Yonder.
Voters will be asked to decide whether public money should go to support private education. Opponents say it would undermine public schools by shifting money from them, while backers maintain that state aid would give parents more control over their kids’ education.
The school's principal says there is room to nearly double the preschool enrollment for children ages 3 to 4 at the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Learning Center.
