Newt Gingrich: “I want to take head on this question about public schools, because I represent a district which is very lucky. Cobb…”

“I want to take head on this question about public schools, because I represent a district which is very lucky. Cobb County Public Schools are very, very good. There is a recent report out on the best high schools in Georgia, and two-thirds of them are in my district. They are in North Fulton, a fabulous area, growing rapidly. They are in Gwinnett County, a tremendous county, growing rapidly. They are in Cherokee County, one of the fastest growing counties in the State of Georgia. When people of good income come to Georgia, and they move in looking for a job, and they look around, again and again they will say to the real estate agent, now, what counties have a good school? Where can I go to get a good school? And they will move into a good public school area. I think that is wonderful. We are very lucky, and both of my daughters had a chance to go to the Carrollton Public Schools in Carrollton, Georgia, and they were terrific public schools. That is wonderful. This bill does not do a single thing to weaken those public schools. This bill does not take a penny away from those public schools. If Members do not want to send their children to public school, and they are rich, they can just send them to private school. Maybe it is a nearby private school, maybe it is a distant private school, maybe it is a boarding school. They should take care of their kids. That is not what this amendment is about.”