Head of Temple Christian School urges passage of ESAs so families can afford tuition

An unidentified head of school at Temple Christian School in Fort Worth said the school regularly gives tours and fields calls from parents who cannot afford private tuition and urged lawmakers to pass school-choice measures that include Education Savings Accounts, or ESAs.

"It is my honor to be the head of school at Temple Christian School in Fort Worth," the speaker said, adding that the school is "the ones that get the tour, give the tours" and "answer the phone calls only for parents to understand and realize that they cannot afford to send their child to Temple Christian even if they believe this is the best educational setting for their child."

The speaker described ESAs as a solution that would enable families to enroll children at Temple Christian if school-choice legislation passes: "We are very excited for the opportunity to let all of the students that need to be at Temple Christian be at Temple Christian because of the ESAs that they are going to be offered when school choice gets passed."

The remarks focused on access and affordability rather than on specific policy language, funding amounts or legislative sponsors; no formal motion, vote or other action is recorded in the transcript excerpt.