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In what way does your post refute anything I said?  Even if you are correct that teachers need to spend a lot of time outside of class catering to needy parents in wealthier schools (a dubious proposition and one that ignores that parental involvement -- to a point of course -- is a positive thing), that doesn't at all negate the fact that less wealthy schools receive far more funding per student and are therefore able to provide smaller class size among other things.[/quote]

How much is "far more" funding? Please quantify.

Please also explain your assumption that low-income parents are uninvolved parents.[/quote]

That's not remotely what I said and you know it, which is why you conveniently only quoted from part of discussion.  You said that teachers at wealthier schools have to spend 10X the amount of time catering to needy parents.  I responded, as you can see above, that parental involvement is a good thing -- meaning the parental involvement that you derided in weather schools is, at least to a point, a good thing.  That has nothing to do with whether low-income parents are involved or not.

As for quantifying the different levels of resources, here is a link that has (midway down) a real world example of resource differences between 3 ~600 student elementary schools with low, middle, and high FARMS/ESOL rates.  I've tried to cut and paste the chart, but I don't know if it will come through. https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/budget-101/index.html

This also says there is a 21% difference in funding between high and low FARMS elementary schools.  https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/2015_Reports/OLOReport2015-15ResourcesAndStaffingAmongMCPSSchools.pdf

Are you seriously claiming that Title I/Focus schools do not have smaller classes that can only happen with greater resources?

School A
600 students
6% FARMS
37 ESOL students
School B

615 students
50% FARMS
113 ESOL students
School C

609 students
82% FARMS
317 ESOL students
School A has a very low percentage of students receiving free and reduced-price meals—or FARMS. They also have very few ESOL students.
School B has a higher needs student population and School C would be among our most impacted elementary schools. Let’s look at their allocations.

Allocating to an Elementary School

SCHOOL A
Low FARMS
(600, 6%, 37)	
SCHOOL B
Focus
(615, 50%, 113)	
SCHOOL C
Title I
(609, 82%, 317)
Kindergarten	4	6	6
Classroom Teacher 1-5	21.6	24	24
Nonteaching	4	4	4.5
AMPE (Art, Music, PE)	3	3.9	3.9
Clerical	2.5	2.5	2.5
Focus/AI	0	2.7	5.8
ESOL	.7	2	7.2
Ed Assistant	3.75	6	5.1775
Total	39.55	51.1	59.0775
As the chart demonstrates, schools with more needs receive additional staff to serve students. Since students who live in poverty generally come to school needing more help with reading, Schools B and C are provided Academic Intervention (AI) teachers to improve literacy and academic outcomes. School C also receives significantly more ESOL staff since it serves a greater number of English language learners.

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