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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow - there are a lot of people making racist cracks on here lately.  Or maybe it's just one troll.

To the PP talking about "you bought there - deal" and "didn't you research?"  Some people cannot afford to live in Bethesda or Chevy Chase or Potomac.  Following that same logic - private school is also not an option.  So then those with a lower SES should automatically get a lower quality education?

Also, did you not read OP that all of her kids went though magnets?  So, that last statement doesn't make her look dumb but, not sure what it says about other people ... [/quote]

OP here.  Yes, thank you.  That is exactly my point.  A county-based school system is supposed to spread the resources around equally.  Why doesn't that happen here?

Don't get me wrong - my kids have had excellent educations, thanks to the magnet programs they have all attended.  I'm quite sure that they have had great educational experiences relative to their same-grade peers county-wide, regardless of the SES of those peers.  Thank goodness they qualified and were admitted to these magnets (and thank goodness they exist).

But what about the many other qualified kids in the DCC who were not admitted (didn't test well, missed the cutoff by a fraction of a point, etc.)?  How is this fair to them?

Really, it shouldn't boil down to whether a person can pay the Bethesda Premium.  In a county-based system, with a uniform property tax rate, there should be minimal if any differences.[/quote]

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