I just heard from some family down in Indianapolis that several lawsuits against medical groups has been lost. (Major hospitals, IU medical complex, etc) People are getting fired or forced into jabs without legal recourse. Mask mandates are being pushed hard.
Northern Indiana, my kids go to a private school and we're back to pre covid, trace is only a courtesy (few paranoid parents still), no requirements to do anything about them.
Public school is another matter entirely. They're full mask again, trace quarantine, athletes threatened to be dropped if they protest. Parents being ignored.
Im not in the school system, but this affects over 6000 kids, it sucks!
Indiana was one of the first to do the school voucher system, just didnt make a big stink about it (except teachers who hated it). This year it went way up, so some people get a free ride to private school.
There are lots of scholarships across the state too, so most people in our area dont pay much to go.
Mine have been private school all the way, k-12. A couple years we paid <$96/mo, another year we didn't pay anything (rough years financially, so they kicked in more). Even if we were rich, ( we're not) we'd still get $500/semester for voucher and a small scholarship, IIRC.
If you haven't yet, check it out. Its one thing the governors did right in the last decade.
And yes, we still pay taxes. But, the voucher diverts much of the funds to our school.
Some people sacrifice a lot to put their kids in private school. Doesn’t make them rich. But that also depends on what you think is rich? In northern IN, it’s just outside of Chicago so somewhat expensive to live. Housing has gone thru the roof since everyone is trying to escape IL to NW IN.
Most private schools have endowments for students who can't afford to go there normally. They're distributed via scholarships, etc.