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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP. I didn't intend for the question to be about people who fake their addresses or break the rules to get into a specific school, but rather about whether people think that if they pay more in property taxes they have the right to better schools. I happen to think they don't, personally. Also, there seems to be a poster on here who thinks that the reason, say, Whitman is considered a better cluster is that its neighborhoods are worth more and pay more in property taxes. This is not correct. All Montgomery County taxes go to fund all the schools. Their [b]taxes don't buy them better schools [/b]any more than they buy them better trash removal, park maintenance, or tree trimming.[/quote]

True but let me explain why my son would do better in the Whitman district

My son was reading "below grade level" from the perspective of the educational specialist. My son did not fall below the 40% threashold in "our school" so he did not qualify for services. He was still in the top 60% at his school.

He would have been considered way behind in the Whitman's elementary school district and gotten services. Was it fair - no, did I have a case - no. He is still getting an "appropriate" education as defined by the government. So the Whitman elementary school does get the same $$ but "our school" runs out of their money faster.[/quote]

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