Mike Southerland

Issues such as those are part of the reason Mike Southerland, a systems engineer for EDS who lives in Carrollton with his wife and three children, decided to sign Mr. Fritz's proclamation.

"The less government, the better," he said."There's got to be a better alternative," he said.

He is home-schooling his 5-year-old daughter; if all goes well, he'll do the same for his 3-year-old and 1-year-old when the time comes.

He said he's not particularly interested in working to abolish public education, though he added, "I'm not going to lose sleep over it if the public schools go."

By home-schooling his children, he knows they'll learn his values.

"Even in private Christian academies, you don't know for sure if that church lines up with you," he said."Christianity is a big part of my life, and my kids need to be taught that on a daily basis."

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Issues such as those are part of the reason Mike Southerland, a systems engineer for EDS who lives in Carrollton with his wife and three children, decided to sign Mr. Fritzs proclamation.

The less government, the better, he said.Theres got to be a better alternative, he said.

He is home-schooling his 5-year-old daughter; if all goes well, hell do the same for his 3-year-old and 1-year-old when the time comes.

He said hes not particularly interested in working to abolish public education, though he added, Im not going to lose sleep over it if the public schools go.

By home-schooling his children, he knows theyll learn his values.

Even in private Christian academies, you dont know for sure if that church lines up with you, he said.