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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But vouchers historically don't actually help anyone go to private school. If vouchers are for $5000, the price of tuition at the private schools goes up nearly $5000. It's just padding the profits for private, often religious based schools.

Private schools are also allowed to deny admission as they see fit. [b]Your child with behavioral issues or learning disabilities that isn't thriving in public school isnt going to get into private [/b]and now they're going to be stuck in underfunded public schools with all of the other kids whose parents couldn't afford to send them to private or couldn't get in because of their own behavioral or learning issues.

Private schools have "better results" because they are selective over who they admit. If you can't test well and are going to bring their numbers down, you're dropped from the program. Sure, having a cohort of other intelligent kids can motivate many kids to do better but there is no private school magic that makes the learning better other than exclusion of everyone who would hold their scores back. [/quote]

I keep seeing this point made, and just want to ask, are you unaware of several really excellent and well regarded private schools in the area which *specifically* serve 2E and other children with learning disabilities? Or are you ignoring them because they don’t help your point? [/quote]

And do those school have space? Will the vouchers be enough to offset the enormous cost of those programs to the average family?

There are some private schools that serve 2E kids (I personally know 2 families that utilize them) but there's nowhere near enough space or qualified teachers in those programs to absorb even 5% of FCPS in addition to their current student load.

They would also still be selective over which 2E kids they admit and not all kids who have behavioral issues or learning disabilities are 2E. It's not going to be a solution for the vast majority of families in FCPS. Why would we gut public funding for schools and throw our tax dollars into private schools over something that doesnt even benefit the vast majority of people? 
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