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Weller Road is Title 1.  It already has extra teachers.[/quote]

No fair that those poor kids get smaller class sizes! Poor kids get all the good stuff![/quote]

Nobody said that.  Literally NOT ONE PERSON ON THIS THREAD.   [b]I'm arguing we should be able to use *our own money* *in addition to our taxes* to get aides in the classroom. [/b] With a smile on my face, I will happily subsidize extra teachers at Title 1 / Focus schools.  I would chip in for more for  those schools if I was allowed to hire an aide for my kid's class.   But instead, since I can't, I'm going to scrimp and save and send her to some private school as soon as I have enough $ to do it.
I am NOT alone.[/quote]

Yes, you are arguing that you should be able to use your own money to buy your child a better education. If you want to do that, then you should do it, if you can -- in a [i]private[/i] school. That is exactly what private schools exist for.[/quote]

Well, that's a very reasonable response.  But you aren't in a bind in terms of schools -- your local Bethesda school is FINE.   Believe me, it's fine.

Well, since your view is the one that prevails in MCPS, that's what will happen.   No flexibility whatsoever and a piss-poor public option.  Yes, more people will go private.   And in order to do that, we will have to move, because we cannot afford to live in this area and also pay for private.  Since that financial status applies to most people in our area, expect to see that happen a lot.[/quote]

You could move to Silver Spring!  It's great over here.     :twisted: [/quote]

No I can't. [/quote]

Why not?  If you have to move to pay for private, why not move to SS?  It's really nice here.  In fact, I live here even though I could live in Bethesda/CC etc.  And your smaller mortgage paymenet could allow you to pay for private.[/quote]

Because I can't just find a home that accommodates a wheelchair bound older person I care for.  Moving anywhere is going to be a huge ordeal for us, for our particular reasons.  We are very much in a bind.   And my mortgage in my Bethesda home (because of where it is and how small it is) is probably not more than yours in SS.  I have nothing against SS.  [/quote][/quote]

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