Thursday, June 11, 2026

THE WRITING IS ON THE BLACKBOARD FOR TEXAS CHILDREN: DUMP ABBOTT


Team Gina

Texas public schools are in trouble. Big time. And Greg Abbott is making it worse.

This year, Texas public schools saw 76,000 fewer students enrolled for the first time in nearly four decades — a large portion of these kids being Hispanic.

Texas Tribune: Texas public schools see first non-pandemic enrollment drop in decades

Abbott loves to boast about investing in education, but even after last year’s one-time $8.5 billion funding package, Texas is still near the bottom nationally in per-student funding.

And now, with this voucher scheme that drains public dollars out of neighborhood schools towards students who are already in private school, it’s very clear who this scheme is meant to serve. And it’s definitely not working families.

Abbott has made it clear that protecting his own power matters more to him than protecting Texans.

Year after year, Abbott has doubled down on policies that benefit his biggest donors and political allies while everyday Texans pay the price.

He’s slashed funding for public schools, pushed culture wars instead of real solutions, and funneled taxpayer dollars to corporations and his own campaign donors. Meanwhile, hard-working Texans are struggling to afford groceries, healthcare, and child care, and classrooms are overcrowded and under-resourced.

The consequences of Abbott’s poor leadership are already here.
*Texas ranks near the bottom nationally in healthcare access and education.
*Millions of children have lost Medicaid coverage.
*Public schools are closing or losing millions in funding.

When leaders choose power over people, it’s our kids who suffer — not just today, but for generations to come. Abbott is subsidizing the wealthy, and we have a chance to change that this November.

I’m running for governor because Texas kids deserve a leader who will fight to fund public schools, pay educators what they’re worth, and stop selling out our communities to billionaires.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The little girl does not have a chance in hell. That’s why she is not even campaigning.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm, you want to blame Abbott for school failures yet meanwhile teachers and administration are constantly getting raises and there are more school holidays, do you really believe Abbott is the problem? Locally we get drained on property taxes to pay for schools but there are a large number of students whose parents pay none. Abbott school voucher program allows children and their parents to pick their education, what the hell more do you want than that? Texas needs to start mandatory random drug testing of all teachers and administration and then we will see where the problems are. Where else can you make the money they make on only a bachelors degree and get more than three months off a year? Too many go into the profession for the days off and paychecks that’s the problem and then constant raises keep the junky teachers. The good teachers we all get dumped with all the work from the others. You want to blame someone start at the school board and their budgets and work your way down, the problem is not the Governor, the problem is people like you trying to gaslight voters into believe it is.

rita