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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s just amazing to me how far FCPS has fallen since the mid-90s.  It would have been unheard of before then to have any schools in those lower two categories.

Massive illegal immigration and far-left Democrats on the SB are all responsible for this decline and it’s shameful.[/quote]

Fairfax County was smaller than, teachers were better, admins were better, there were less standards, etc....

Or FCPS stopped the spin machine and it has always been bad. [/quote]

No, it actually was an excellent school district.  The spin is what we see today, when FCPS pretends to still be excellent and “world class,” as they like to say.  [/quote]

It had fewer poor and ELL kids. Those kids drag down school ratings and that's reflected in FCPS today. The schools that don't have those kids are still ranked as some of the best schools in the state [/quote]
+1. Pretty much this people. A school district reflects its population. I agree this is probably just an in for [b]the introduction of school vouchers which will further drag down public education[/b]. I do disagree with some of FCPS’s policies like not holding kids accountable for their behaviors and grading policies.  This will only put more pressure on school districts to teach to standardized tests. [/quote]

My friends in more voucher friendly states really appreciated the economic diversity it brought to their private schools. As someone who was educated with a hodge-podge of everything but charter schools, I don't understand why vouchers are such a bad thing. Letting poorer people have the same privilege to pick their schools as the wealthy - the HORRORS. Unless you're FEA, why be threatened?[/quote]
Because a lot of charter schools are crappy AF and do not operate under the same regulations as public schools. Many are also religious based which some of us are not religious. They also can be more discerning about who they pick so the excuse that it gives poor kids more opportunities is BS. [/quote]

You don’t think poor smart kids exist?[/quote]

Poor smart kids 100% exist. It might be harder to identify them at a younger age because there is a strong chance that their parents have not been reading to them or teaching them numbers and colors and shapes and letters and the like. And when you can find the smart kids, heck the above average kids, their parents have to be invested enough to go looking for the oppertunities outside of the base school. And then those opportunities probably have to provide transportation because the parents might not have transportation or the time to be able to transport their kids.

Many private schools have requirements that kids take tests before they can apply, which requires parents can get their kids to the test or afford the testing.

The barriers to using vouchers are more then just passing the application process at private schools. It is getting the testing done. It is being able to navigate the application process. It is about having access to reliable transportation. Heck, it starts with knowing that the option is there in the first place, which poor families are less likely to know.

Vouchers might be used my lower middle class families, probably would be used by middle class families, and would be used by rich families already sending their kids to private schools. The vast majority of the kids struggling in school or who are missing a lot of school are not going to use the vouchers. The schools that they are in will decline even more and the problem isn't solved. But hey, the rich folks will be able to save thousands of dollars off the tuition they were already paying. Yay them?

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