Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City and has been connected to Iowa’s public schools for 38 years. He taught for eleven years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional director for 27 years until retiring
The poet Maya Angelou said it best: “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
For the third straight year, Governor Kim Reynolds told Iowa she wanted public money to fund private schools. She told us who she was. The 52 percent of Iowans who oppose public funds for private school costs should have believed her and voted for her opponent last year.
But the election is over, and we still need to protect our public schools.
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