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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was against charter schools.  Then, I moved from FCPS to a state with public charter schools, and the charters have been fantastic.  The education has been incredibly strong, and finally my kids have a school that actually challenges high achievers.

I don't see how public charter schools could be sucking the system dry.  They generally receive quite a bit less money per student than the public schools, and they're still required to meet all of the public school standards.

The net result of public charters isn't significantly different from the immersion or magnet programs in FCPS.  In both cases, kids are picked via a lottery, busing may not be provided, the kids are generally at or above average, and the families are involved in their kids' educations.  The main difference is that the charter is getting less money per student from the state.  [/quote]

What you say makes logical sense (though my kids are all FCPS).  The anti-charter crowd is mainly teachers who don't want their pensions/powers diluted while at the same time not having to deal with additional workloads if they are stuck with "bad" kids and money is diverted to charter schools.   Let's come up with a system where the county school system competed with private schools for kids' money.  I'd gladly take whatever money FCPS spends today on my child and apply that towards private school tuition.[/quote]

I’m a public school parent who supports our public schools. Cherry-picking away students and defunding public schools will only hurt public schools.

The big question is why do you want to hurt our schools?

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Are you suggesting that a significant portion of parents will run from FCPS if vouchers gave them the opportunity?

Why would you assume so many people wouldn’t just apply the voucher to FCPS?[/quote]

The chances of the new Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera impacting FCPS with vouchers is slim.  Ms. Guidera's record as founder of DQC is one of being part of federal education coalitions that are strongly anti-voucher.  Ms. Guidera's organization (DQC) has been strongly aligned with federal Democrats for years.  Ms. Guidera may pay lip service to vouchers to ensure she can be selected and/or confirmed, but her past advocacy suggests she is not a real believer in vouchers.

It appears Ms. Guidera is saying what she believes Youngkin wants to hear to be nominated as opposed to what she has advocated for in the past.  It's similar to how Ms. Guidera pays lip service to being parent-centered, but her past record suggests otherwise. Both personally and as the leader of DQC, Guidera was a strong advocate for stopping parents from opting out of standardized testing; she helped lead efforts to weaken federal privacy laws (e.g., FERPA) to allow more tracking of student infomration against the wishes of parents who did not want to share their child's most sensitive info; and was a strong supporter of equity initiatives.  [/quote]

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