Letters

  • Money + Education != Excellence

    Mr. Marvin Wong posted an exciting email to us today, so we base this article on the information he kindly provided. Grangeville has about 3x the student population as Cottonwood, lower academic achievement compared with Cottonwood, and is asking for… Continue reading

  • Are you pro (School) Choice?

    Why is it so hard to make education choice easy? Even many homeschoolers oppose some of the school choice initiatives being offered by our benevolent masters. The problem stems from government trying to provide “free” education when such a thing… Continue reading

    Are you pro (School) Choice?
  • On DEI vs Godly education

    This letter was sent to the Idaho County Free Press on 1/1/2025. Regarding  Lynette Brinker’s recent letter to the editor: She said: “It is critical our children learn the factual history of the U.S., knowing their ancestors practiced genocide toward first… Continue reading

    On DEI vs Godly education
  • Why did they vote No?

    What are the majority of school board trustees trying to do to our kids? Continue reading

    Why did they vote No?
  • What is an American Education?

    Every government servant is requred to file an oath of office soon after being elected or appointed. This is required to hold them accountable for upholding American government which in turn requiers that they know what American government is. This… Continue reading

    What is an American Education?
  • Are your school board trustees doing their job?

    The following is a letter to the school board trustees concerning their legal requirements as Board Trustees. I saw this interesting video of Jack McLamb back in the 90s giving a lecture on what changed his life as a police… Continue reading

    Are your school board trustees doing their job?
  • The Root Cause of our decline

    John Silveria, Today I’d like to share a story with you using a series of personal experiences and videos. Most of you will not have the time to sit down and absorb this story in one sitting, some of you may… Continue reading

    The Root Cause of our decline
  • What CAN be done?

    In the Grangeville area we are blessed with a few private and religious schools that are flourishing even as the public school system is in serious trouble. Those that have money, like doctors, politicians, financiers, tradesmen, and businessmen are sending… Continue reading

    What CAN be done?
  • The Unfair Tax for a secular seed of self destruction

    MVSD244 Patrons,For years, I’ve given our community a number of constitutional and community minded reasons why I cannot support an UNFAIR property tax levy. More recently I’ve added the most profound reason, Government schools are ruining our society, the brainwashing… Continue reading

    The Unfair Tax for a secular seed of self destruction
  • The Real Issue at Hand

    The Levy issue represents the tip of a brewing iceberg of conflict caused by deeply entrenched ideas that simply don’t work. Public Education is the process of gathering the resources of the whole to pay for a service to a… Continue reading

    The Real Issue at Hand