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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Just so you know, we just had a massive tax increase just this year for schools.  There is no more going to the well for quite a few years.  Also, there is no money for wrap around services, teachers or smaller class sizes or new buildings.  If you have been following MCPS problems at all, then you would realize that is crazy talk! [b]Don't you think concerned parents are all already fighting tooth and nail for those things? [/b] I know my community is!  Just read any of the posts concerning MCPS on these boards.

Parents are involved and vocal but the money for the resources just isn't there because there is a population explosion of needy kids.  You really have no idea what is happening here.  I am not meaning that to be mean but you really just don't.  The county is absolutely tapped out.  And the demographic hurt the most is the AA Farms kids and legal immigrants who should be getting these services not the exploding immigrant population.  We need to take care of our own kids.  There just aren't enough resources to go around.  In a perfect world, there would be.  But there isn't.  :( [/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to.  I still maintain that some of the furor seems to be fueled at least partially by racism based on the tone of some comments, but there also seems to be legitimate concern about overcrowding and limited resources. I admit that I have not followed this issue very closely, and just happened to see this in Recent topics.

[b]What do the school board and others propose to try to get a handle on this problem re: the influx of new students, and meeting the needs of all students?  And how are families with options responding (putting kids in private, fundraising for additional school staff like aides, etc.)?[/b]

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We're a family with options, and we're taking it year by year.  So far, our (high needs, high ESOL, medium FARMS) school has done a great job of challenging and meeting the needs of our middle class, English speaking, high achieving, kids.

In MCPS you can't fundraise for additional school staff the way you can in DCPS, but I do work on grants, sponsorships, and other fundraising to help the school add the kind of interesting programming that might get dropped otherwise. 
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