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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would it attract young and educated families to move there? Would it be costly for the county? As you may guess, I am far from understanding the issue of public education but curious if it's on other people's minds.[/quote]

No, actual parenting would.

Too many people in MoCo believe that their sole job is to dump their kid off at MCPS at 8am and pick them up at 5 or 6pm and the county will raise their children for them. Broken homes, uneducated single mothers, living on the dole. Taxpayer-funded Pre-K will not help that situation, birth control will.[/quote]

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I notice in my kids' K and early elementary classes that some kids come in to school behind, but by and large the K curriculum is easy and they catch up.  The fact that they then fall further and further behind is bad parenting, not bad teachers or bad curriculum.  Our school does a lot for children in need, and I'm glad to see them get winter coats, Christmas presents, backpack food for weekends, and free meals during the school day, etc., etc. because it isn't their fault.  But in the end, schools aren't parents and the majority of these kids will not reach their potential as a kid whose parent is attentive -- free pre-K or not.  [/quote]

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