With distance learning parents see the subpar education of public schools demand better

[Anonymous]

Now that parents see first hand how awful public school is , demand better. Trust me it's no just dl public school is subpar and the only holding it up is parents paying out of pocket to tutor and supplement. Demand better and accountability regardless of in person. Demand vouchers so that schools feel the pressure to perform. I want public school to work but it's been subpar and behind for the last 2 decades.

[Anonymous]

F vouchers.

If we want strong public schools we need to raise taxes and properly fund them. Look to the school districts in the US as examples.

Also divide up the massive school districts. Too bloated and resources get funneled to serve the privileged.

Cut out AAP as well. Diverts resources from neighborhood schools.

[Anonymous]

If you are smart, you would've never enrolled your kids in public school in the first place. You could spend years and years advocating for your kids and they would still get the same crappy education or you could put your money where your mouth is and enroll in a private school.

[Anonymous]

Agreed. They don't teach reading in any type of systematic way, and wait for kids to fall WAY behind before doing interventions. They don't teach writing or grammar. They don't teach math facts. If parents don't supplement significantly, many kids fall behind. When I was growing up, my parents never helped me with K-6 schoolwork. I expected to do some homework help as my children got older, but didn't expect to have to teach them basic things that the school didn't cover.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Now that parents see first hand how awful public school is , demand better. Trust me it's no just dl public school is subpar and the only holding it up is parents paying out of pocket to tutor and supplement. Demand better and accountability regardless of in person. Demand vouchers so that schools feel the pressure to perform. I want public school to work but it's been subpar and behind for the last 2 decades.

Absolutely. To me, this is a bigger issue generally than the decision to stay closed to in person (apart from the special needs students that cannot learn at all through virtual and are suffering the greatest harm).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are smart, you would've never enrolled your kids in public school in the first place. You could spend years and years advocating for your kids and they would still get the same crappy education or you could put your money where your mouth is and enroll in a private school.

We can't all afford private schools and we're not okay with sending our kids to a parochial school that is against our religious beliefs.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I can see that you, yourself, were victim of a subpar education.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know but FCPS curriculum has been set back a few years because of this. Don’t hold your breath for anything to get more challenging.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are smart, you would've never enrolled your kids in public school in the first place. You could spend years and years advocating for your kids and they would still get the same crappy education or you could put your money where your mouth is and enroll in a private school.

We can't all afford private schools and we're not okay with sending our kids to a parochial school that is against our religious beliefs.

Even parochial is 10-15k a year per kid. Times 2 or 3 kids, that’s just not workable for many people.

[Anonymous]

Totally agree, but I’m not sure vouchers are the solution. There will still be a big supply-side problem for a long time, and individual vouchers may not increase the supply of good private schools. What I am MUCH more in favor of now is direct aid to parochial schools and a more robust charter sector where proven success leads to expansion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are smart, you would've never enrolled your kids in public school in the first place. You could spend years and years advocating for your kids and they would still get the same crappy education or you could put your money where your mouth is and enroll in a private school.

We can't all afford private schools and we're not okay with sending our kids to a parochial school that is against our religious beliefs.

Even parochial is 10-15k a year per kid. Times 2 or 3 kids, that’s just not workable for many people.

So push to raise taxes to properly fund schools. It’d be a fraction of $45k/yr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree, but I’m not sure vouchers are the solution. There will still be a big supply-side problem for a long time, and individual vouchers may not increase the supply of good private schools. What I am MUCH more in favor of now is direct aid to parochial schools and a more robust charter sector where proven success leads to expansion.

F that. We, the taxpayers, are not paying for your private schools. Especially religious schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree, but I’m not sure vouchers are the solution. There will still be a big supply-side problem for a long time, and individual vouchers may not increase the supply of good private schools. What I am MUCH more in favor of now is direct aid to parochial schools and a more robust charter sector where proven success leads to expansion.

F that. We, the taxpayers, are not paying for your private schools. Especially religious schools.

Fine, but the taxpayers are obligated by law to provide a FAPE to all public school students and ACPS, for instance, fails to do this in person or virtually (as implied by the OP, this is hidden by the smart neurotypical who still thrive despite all the deficiencies and have support through tutoring, etc from well off parents). School systems like ACPS (and its administrative leaders like Hutchings) need to be held accountable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Totally agree, but I’m not sure vouchers are the solution. There will still be a big supply-side problem for a long time, and individual vouchers may not increase the supply of good private schools. What I am MUCH more in favor of now is direct aid to parochial schools and a more robust charter sector where proven success leads to expansion.

F that. We, the taxpayers, are not paying for your private schools. Especially religious schools.

+1. As a Catholic school parent, we don’t want the bureaucratic interference that would inevitably come along with vouchers. Our school does fine without them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are smart, you would've never enrolled your kids in public school in the first place. You could spend years and years advocating for your kids and they would still get the same crappy education or you could put your money where your mouth is and enroll in a private school.

We can't all afford private schools and we're not okay with sending our kids to a parochial school that is against our religious beliefs.

+1.
I'd 'enroll my kid into Georgetown Day tomorrow. Can anyone on here spare half a mil? Come on, it's peanuts for all of you.