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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since 2009 -- have we all forgotten the Great Recession, followed by the sequester, which hit Virginia hard financially and economically?  If the money's not there, the money's not there.[/quote]

The money is there, but it's decidedly not there for public education. The money is there for ridiculous amounts of standardized testing ($37-46 million annually) and technology that expires in 2-3 years, but it's not there to lower class size. hmmmmm The money is there for a multitude of remedial classes to prepare for the SOLs, but not for electives of art, music, languages.... hmmmm The money is there for the new requirement of "Personal Finance" class for graduation, but not for vocational education.  hmmmm   In other words, the money is there, but our politicians are not spending it in ways to really benefit children, they are spending it on private interests.

Next on the list for taxpayer hand-outs are Charter Schools with the Obenshain amendment. If OA passes the General Assembly, local districts will be forced to take charter schools, who have no accountability to the tax payers or state education policies. The local districts will have to foot the bill for charters. Charter Schools do not educate all kids, they pick and choose those without IEPs and ELL learners at taxpayer expense. They are partially staffed by unqualified teachers and even the qualified teachers earn less at charter schools.  So....who would benefit from this financial outlay? The charter school companies.[/quote]

The problem is the increase of ESOL FARMS
[img]http://www.fcps.edu/news/fy2016/images/more_diverse.png[/img][/quote]

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