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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Symone just posted a letter from NAACP to APS regarding this issue.

Idk... APS has stated over and over again that their role is not child care, yet the letter makes a big case for after school programs being there to supervise students until the evening.

People should pay for after care or figure it out on their own. Why are taxpayers paying for after school babysitting?[/quote]

Because it’s better for society in the long run

There are lots of kids who don’t have somewhere safe or productive to be after school (safe in the sense of....somewhere they won’t get into trouble) [/quote]

Grouping students by ability is what’s best for society in the long run, too. Who is going to cure cancer when the bright kids aren’t given what they need to meet their full potential?

Funny how “what’s best for society” only matters sometimes.[/quote]

They should be, I’m fine with TJ being 90 percent Asian [/quote]

I’m fine with TJ being 100% Asian-American. Who cares about race? The smartest kids should be in there, as long as they’re US citizens. (Magnet schools especially should be restricted to US citizens.)[/quote]

Yeah, if you’re really thinking about how best to invest taxpayer dollars, educating the best and brightest, even if their parents brought them here illegally, is the smartest thing to do for the country. We want the smartest talents to stay here and do things for the US. No reason to treat gifted kids differently because of decisions their parents made. Wasting talent in children is short-sighted. Why let a lesser native-born kid get a slot over a genius who came here illegally  at age 2? Doesn’t make sense. It’s just nativism. No better than wasting talent due to racism or sexism. [/quote]

There’s no guarantee that they stay here. We aren’t responsible for educating the rest of the world.[/quote]

Why don’t we open TJ admission to all VA, DC, and MD residents while we’re at it. Maybe WV too. Not doing so seems very state-ist.[/quote]

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