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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]The whole point of the Atlantic article was what happens when middle class white parents push for changes that actively harm poor kids and kids of color.  Pushing to switch out the aftercare provider to a more expensive option seems like a good example of that phenomenon.  [/i][/quote]

I think that this is the key issue for MCPS:

How should schools and parents handle binary decisions that positively affect one group while adversely affecting another group?

Should a poor child be denied access to aftercare because of cost?  Or should an affluent child receive inferior aftercare in order to keep program affordable to all?

Should children in lower-achieving schools receive additional public resources to bridge the achievement gap, if that means that students at more affluent schools will receive a lesser education due to larger class sizes?

I think that is important to recognize that this cuts both ways.  Whatever is done to benefit one group often carries a cost to the other.

Here's where I come down:  I'd like to see ALL kids get an excellent education.  I support extra resources going to kids facing extra challenges, provided that my child is receiving an excellent education.  I'm just not sure that the resources currently exist for MCPS to do both.

Unfortunately, this probably means that MCPS will do neither successfully.  I'm not optimistic about the future.

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