Grandma's House

Senator Rick Santorum and his wife are going to start home-schooling their five children. This is a good thing; however, there is a weird twist to this story. Their children were enrolled in a cyber charter school in Pennsylvania, where they own a home. But most of the time they live in Virginia. So the school said since they weren't residents full-time, the kids weren't eligible to attend. This is very confusing to me. What difference does it make, really, where they live? A cyber charter school is all done on computer. This particular school covered the entire state of Pennsylvania. Why shouldn't they attend by sitting in front of a computer in Virginia?

On the other hand, the constituents of Santorum's state, nor the school district, should not have to cough up the $38,000 annual tuition. In my opinion, no one should have to pay that much for long-distance computer education. It simply does not cost that much to educate a child. What they're paying for is a lot of bells and whistles that aren't really going to teach their children anything. Put them in public school. Put them in private school. Either would be cheaper. I get so tired of people sometimes. Quit using your status as a senator to get perks. That goes for all of them. By all means, home school your children, Senator. At least they will know their parents care about them.