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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that public schools are expected to do much more than educate children. They provide social services, distribute food, offer healthcare, and childcare. Teachers are there to teach, but the school as an institution has far more responsibilities to meet the needs of the local community than they have the capacity or budget to. 
Private schools certainly don't have to grapple with those social challenges, and they can focus on delivering on educating the student academically, physically, and emotionally. 
We're leaving MCPS for private HS in September, not because we don't believe in public education, but because this strain on public schools has become so apparent during the pandemic. We'll miss being with kids with true grit, determined to excel and driven to get into the best colleges. [b]But the top 5% of students in public schools are being dragged down by all the other competing issues facing public school administrators.[/b] [/quote]

I call BS on your last elitist point. All students are being dragged down by an overburdened system that is stretched too thin to focus on education. In addition, irony of it all is that the constant focus on addressing the achievement gap actually undermines the ability to help the students who need it most.  [/quote]

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