A charter school in Idaho turned down $10,000 from its state’s lottery because it would set a poor moral example for its students.
The North Star Public Charter School turned down the money because it came from the Idaho State Lottery and school officials decided that taking gambling money would conflict with the school’s mission of developing virtuous citizens.
“We couldn’t in good conscience take the money,” said Gale Pooley, co-founder and chairman of the school board. “It’s the less fortunate and the poor in the communities who are buying these tickets, and children are the ones who will pay for it.”
The director of the lottery association, whose goal I’m sure is only to “help the children,” denigrated the school’s leaders as “holier-than-thou” types for not taking his money.
