Public vs private schools: The great ed funding debate continues

Among the conferees signing off on last year’s omnibus education bill are David Sharpe, D-Bristol, second from left, and Sen. Philip Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, both sharp critics of the Scott adminstration’s approach to education funding in 2018. File photo by Tiffany Danitz Pache/VTDiggerThe Scott Administration has declared an affordability crisis in public education, brought on by too few students in too many schools employing too much staff, but Gov. Phil Scott’s read-my-lips