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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Totally agree with you, but the schools with lower income parent populations feel it's unfair.  Of course, it's not taking anything from their kids and the TItle 1 schools do get more teachers per student (which seems reasonable to me).  So I think it's a specious argument.   [b]I've seen my kid get basically zero attention all year in her enormous K class with one teacher. [/b] [/quote]

So move to a Title 1 school or MD focus school.  Then your child's classmates will be less white, less wealthy and some will be speaking English for the first time. Hopefully with school breakfast and lunch your child's classmates will at least not be hungry. [/quote]

This isn't a competition.  As I said, I think it's totally reasonable that the Title 1 schools get more funding for teachers.  They need it more.  That doesn't mean that we shouldn't be able to use private funds to make up for what is -- across the board -- a pathetic dearth of teachers. 
If I could raise taxes just for more teachers, to then be spread across all of MoCo (not just my school), I'd happily do it.  But we can't.  So why not let people give money voluntarily in their own communities?[/quote]

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