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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a public school in NY that pretty much had all these things. When schools are town-based, in wealthy areas, and funded by local property taxes, the local community can do this. The small number of disadvantaged kids in the zone get the benefits, too.

None of the VA “good” districts are all that because of the county funding models.[/quote]

I agree!

Went to a public school in NJ that was also town-based.  So much different and more efficient than the ridiculously large county based MCPS system.[/quote]

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Public schools run by towns or cities are better at teaching (curriculum, spending, community, fewer disparate interests) than large counties like La, MOCo, etc. [/quote]

You just can't make that as a blanket statement.  It's simply not true.  There are good small school districts, and bad small school districts.  Wealthy small school districts tend to be very good.  Working class or poor small school districts tend to struggle.  Allegheny County in Pennsylvania has 42 separate school districts.  Forty two separate administrations, superintendents, budgets, labor agreements, curricula, etc.  Three, maybe up to five of them are excellent, among the best in the state and competitive nationally.  A lot are fine.  Some are not. 
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