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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing surprising there. Many school districts used a temporary revenue stream to fund permanent/ongoing services/staff, rather than funding short-term, pandemic-related expenses as intended.

Adding to that, telling working families that it is unreasonable to expect public schools to stay open [b]caused some to permanently switch to private school[/b].[/quote]

But that should actually make things easier for places like MCPS. Those parents still pay the same property taxes but it's a few less kids for the school to spend $ on. We don't have vouchers etc here.[/quote]

We probably should have vouchers, though. MCPS needs to feel consequences from putting MCEA requests above student needs. If doing that would lead to more students going private, and thus MCPs losing funding, then the BoE would have to think twice about that.[/quote]

Vouchers to where?  There are not enough private schools and privates are far more than what one would get in a voucher so it really only helps those already in private or those who can afford it regardless of the voucher.[/quote]

The point isn't to try to accommodate every child in private school. It would be to create a system of incentives where school districts would need to prioritize student needs in order to hang on to their per-pupil funding. Right now public schools have a captive market. They don't need to put students first because those students, and their associated funding,
are stuck there. Vouchers could change that dynamic.[/quote]

That's not an incentive for public.  They will not care.  If a family wants private, they will do it.  There aren't enough privates.  Instead, they should be sanctioned financially for their failures.  And, have 100% accountability and full public audit of every dollar spent.[/quote]

If public schools can't afford to pay teachers because too many students are moving to private schools, then they're going to have to start caring. You can't "sanction" your way out of bad incentives. The incentives currently push in favor of teachers and administrators, not students.[/quote]

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