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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]!8:37 I agree with you 100%.  Public schools need active, engaged, smart, demanding parents in order to be pushed to be the best.  If parents simply opt out, you are, in fact weakening the public school system.  It is the reason Warren Buffet advocates doing away with private school (not something I agree with, but his point is well taken).  If everyone had to be in the public school system then, theoretically, those engaged parents would improve the system for all.[/quote]

So parents with kids at Whitman, Churchill et al. - What are they doing to improve public schools in the red zone? I know they have booster clubs that raise money for their own schools; do they do anything other than pay taxes in order to help red zone schools? How does someone sending their kid to Carderock help a kid at New Hampshire Estates? [/quote]

Many parents at Whitman types of schools take the lead in advocating for better school funding and programs/policies that help across school districts.  They also have high expectations & resources (time, money, connections) to hold schools to those expectations.  So it's not just school specific, though of course that is often a big focus too.[/quote]

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