Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) isn’t a fan of private schools. At least that’s what she wants you to think.
Not wanting to appear hypocritical, the Virginia Beach Democrat hasn’t mentioned that she previously served as the president of a private school.
Or that her daughter attends private school.
Indeed, she went so far as to fail to mention her “president” position on public financial disclosures.
Per the Washington Free Beacon:
Rep. Elaine Luria (D., Va.) slammed charter schools and voucher programs during her 2018 campaign, saying they pull funding from public schools. But Virginia corporation filings show Luria served as the president of Tidewater Montessori High School, Inc. in Norfolk, Va., from at least 2015 to 2019. Luria did not list her position on her 2018 and 2019 financial disclosure forms, a violation of House Ethics rules. Her daughter attends a Montessori school in Norfolk that can cost more than $12,000 per year.
Luria is one of several Democrats who oppose school choice but send their children to private schools.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who came out strongly against private and charter schools during her 2019 presidential campaign, lied about sending her son to a private school when confronted by a school-choice activist. Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe vetoed a bill to bolster the creation of charter schools in 2017 but sent at least four of his own children to an expensive private school.
Eran Livni told the Free Beacon he launched Tidewater Montessori High School in 2013. He left the school in 2014, and Luria took the helm of the school soon after. Tidewater Montessori High School dissolved in 2019. It’s unclear whether the school ever officially opened. The Free Beacon found no record of Tidewater Montessori High School outside of state corporation fillings.