In 2012, when PGA golfer “Bubba” Watson won the Masters tournament, he was asked if he had ever dreamed of winning such a prestigious event. Blinking back tears, Watson replied that his “dreams had never gotten this far.”
Parents of children forced to attend substandard public schools, particularly here in Jefferson County, have also had seemingly unattainable dreams of someday being able to choose and, more importantly, afford a different path for their children. Turning those dreams into reality for families in Kentucky’s 13 most populous counties is now possible thanks to the recent passage of House Bill 563 by the General Assembly. (I predict this reform will be extended statewide by the end of the next legislative session.)