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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would absolutely vote for more funding for schools (white woman whose kid goes to high performing school). However, money clearly isn't the problem because DC spends an incredible amoutn per student. The problems are more entrenched. But I would 100% be for more money. Also, I can tell you that a stupid amount of money our school raises goes to useless things like tablets for kids and large screen TVs which I believe to be harmful for elementary students' learning. Rich people silly like that.[/quote]

I agree.  It's not just a matter of funding.  It's expecting schools to provide a ton of social services/compensate for students' home/neighborhood lives.  Kids who come to school hungry, kids who can't do their homework because they lack space and materials at home or because there's no adult there (or at least not one who can help with homework, for a variety of reasons) or because home is chaotic or unsafe, or because their neighborhood is unsafe, etc.  It's not just "bad parenting."  But we expect schools to manage all of that.

That said, I would happily pay more if the money was effectively used to help underperforming schools, or to make it so that parents and teachers don't have to spend their own money for school supplies, etc.  And some of the fancy stuff our HSA money goes to isn't necessary for a good education.  (Some of it is helpful, for sure, and funds things that every school should have.) [/quote]

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