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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Harshburger!

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Even in cities where the rich and poor continue to live under the same local government, economic segregation saps political support for common, egalitarian infrastructure. Rich New Yorkers donate generously to beautify Central Park while resisting the taxation necessary to maintain parks in neighborhoods they never visit. [b]In Washington, D.C., parents in wealthier neighborhoods contribute lavishly to parent-teacher organizations that provide extra money to public schools in their neighborhoods, but they do not vote for a similar level of funding for all city schools. [url=https://udcedu.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=8c14b2842199454bb57543e62f6eb5e1]Two schools in northwest Washington each raised more than half a million dollars in 2017[/url], while several schools in southeast Washington don’t even have parent-teacher organizations. [/b]Last year, for the third time since 1970, the residents of Gwinnett County, Ga., which sits on the edge of Atlanta, refused to fund an expansion of the regional transit system into their suburban county.[/i][/quote]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/opinion/coronavirus-us-cities-inequality.html[/quote]

We've paid our taxes. It's up to the government to figure out how to spend it, equitably (however you define it) or otherwise. If you don't like it, vote them out. Stop shaming people for not voting for an extra special assessment. It's just a way for politicians to divide and conquer.[/quote]

I'll stop thinking that these inequitable PTA budgets are shameful if you promise not to object if the D.C. Council proposes raising your taxes to add $500,000 in funds to every elementary school in the city besides Janney and Mann. That way, everybody wins![/quote]

PP, you're dreaming.  The 500K allocations to overwhelmingly low SES schools would mostly be blown by admins on BS pet projects.  In high
 capacity DCPS programs uber educated and parents with serious organization savvy steer the money to useful things, and provide much needed oversight.  
Period.[/quote]

+1000 I work in DCPS and the amount of money wasted by principals and central office folk is shocking. One high school bought $70 K in supplies for a specialized curriculum for a certain subject but it was all abandoned when the teacher they had hired for it quit. The supplies and equipment were never used and are just sitting gathering dust. Do you know how many laptops and iPads have mysteriously disappeared from certain schools without a trace. Schools act like they have no idea what happened but they should just be replaced. Same with AV equipment. Grant money is often not processed by the school or central and then has to be returned.  More money is not the issue. It is mismanagement at every level. Very unfortunate.[/quote]

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