Podcast host Joe Weiss said school choice and letting taxpayers choose where to send their education taxes would benefit both the schools and the taxpayers.
“So the four years that your child is enrolled in a private high school, the portion of your property taxes to the high school district are zero,” Weiss explained to co-host Pete Jansons on the Lake Forest podcast. “And the second your little Johnny or Janie graduates from the private high school you go back to paying the taxes again to the public high school.”
“You're ‘like oh my God, you're going to take money away from the public high school.’ No you're not, you're actually going to save the money,” Weiss said. “If you look at the cost per pupil of educating Kids versus the average tax rate in the community it is higher. So it's to the school's benefit to have less kids not more.”
This full episode is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Nov. 22 edition of the podcast focused on local education issues like academics and financing, as well as the future of the local high school mascot. A special segment on the Thanksgiving Holiday was also featured.
The Lake Forest podcast is hosted by Pete Jansons, an entrepreneur with a background in neuroscience, Rick Lesser, an attorney and former village trustee, and Joe Weiss, who has experience in multiple government and public service positions. The podcast covers topics and politics impacting the area around the city of Lake Forest, according to the Lake Forest podcast website.
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