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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]You sound exactly like someone I know in the DCPS PRO office. But you live in Maryland like the rest of them, so why really do you care? You're just here for the paycheck.

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Again, please post a link to support your rambling diatribe that Catholic schools are superior to public schools. Name-calling is only proving my point.
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According to this, it sure as heck isn't DCPS (HRCS's are the top 10): 
https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-elementary-s...verall/s/district-of-columbia/

According to this, "D.C. has the second to worst public school system in the United States". 
http://wtop.com/dc/2015/07/study-d-c-ranks-near-bottom-u-s-school-systems/

So although I cannot find an article about how DC Catholic schools compare to DCPS, I think it's fair to say they have to be better because things in DCPS on a national level are about the worst.   
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[b]I'm here because I want vouchers to get something for my tax money and so people will stay in the city versus leaving.  With vouchers, DC will become a magnet for the middle class[/b].[/b]
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The MIDDLE CLASS won't get vouchers!!!  How many times does this point need to be made?  Especially the "middle class" of DC.   There's no (ZERO!) chance that any of  the young gentrifiers of DC (the type that otherwise would 
move to Bethesda or Arlington) will qualify for vouchers.  [/quote]

Ok, let's just take this guy at face value.  If all the middle class in DC were to get vouchers that are priced to actually be able to afford private school or incentivize the creation of new private schools, that would mean that the vouchers would have to be around $30k, which is also about the amount of per-pupil spending in DC.  At some point, DCPS would face a tipping point between rejecting the vouchers (and all federal funds) or having to cease operations because the vouchers were too expensive.  Since only about 1/5 of per-pupil revenue comes from federal sources (5k), that tipping point would happen FAR before the 30k voucher program.  Hence, DC would be likely to just stop taking federal funds before it would agree to a federal voucher program that would create a market for private schools for middle-class residents.  The real losers in that situation would be kids with disabilities, since there would be no more IDEA funds or obligations, and high-risk kids, since there would be no more Title I funds for them.  [/quote]

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