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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ those are all great things, but people are complaining already about huge class sizes, lack of more magnets, etc... to address those things cost more $.  If we want all these great things, we need to increase taxes.[/quote]

Nothing above would cost more money.  The ratios would stagger from lowest to highest based on grade need.  The aide or paraeducator would spend more time in the lower 1-2 classes than the higher 1-2 classes.  Nothing about that cost more money.

And the county does not need more magnets.  Magnets are a waste of resources and their only goal for MCPS is to bring up test scores in otherwise failing schools.  Any programs that are given to kids by sheer luck (after only knowing all the info you need) need to be removed.  HGC, Magnets, IB, Immersion.  They are tainted and unfair and extremely costly to run, to only benefit a very small percentage of kids.  If they track the higher kids in each grade and give the exceptional ones some challenging work above that and have teachers teaching to them (instead of a quick worksheet and reading chapter books at a desk 70% of the day) they wouldn't need these programs.  All high schools offer AP programs.  They don't need the Magnet and IB diploma programs.  Time to get back to teaching EVERY kid a good education.  [/quote]

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