Maria said: Truth be told, I dislike that I feel like we need to send my son to a private school (yes, we started with preschool, but he will undoubtedly stay the course), but I also refuse to sacrifice his education and future based on principle alone. <br /><br />At the end of the day (don&#39;t we all just looove this phrase? ha!), this is how I find myself feeling, too. <br /><br />As for funding, I wonder how much we&#39;d have to raise taxes in Tulsa to meet or exceed the what schools in the &#39;burbs get from their constituent households. I don&#39;t know what the difference is between household income numbers in Tulsa and Owasso, BA, Bixby, Jenks and the like, but I assume it&#39;s pretty significant. <br /><br />As for pride, YEAH, that&#39;s a huge issue in TPS, and I think it&#39;s still an issue for Tulsa itself. I started to feel real pride in my city when I learned more about its history, as well as about what was being done to move it forward and the passionate people involved. Would the same approach work in our schools?