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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ok, but to get class sizes down, we need more teachers, which means more money.

Do you have a money tree somewhere?

We need more revenue streams.[/quote]

Recently, a School Board member asked how much would it cost to lower the average FCPS class size by .5 students (don't even get me started on that) - FCPS came back w/ $7M estimate. I am an advocate funding ESOL, FARMS and special needs students who desperately need resources - let's not steal from Peter to pay Paul.[/quote]

It's interesting how regular, English-speaking families get treated like a fringe special-interest group when they ask for class sizes below 30 students for their kids, but the ESOL/FARMS/special-needs kids get much smaller classes. [/quote]

That wasn't my point - I was adding some facts to the discussion. Let's call it $70M annually to reduce each class size by 5 students. [/quote]

That is a huge increase. We need more revenue streams to cover that.

Just about every other area of the county budget is slated to be slashed. As a parent, I not only want good schools, but I want nice parks, police and other law enforcement, and roads.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dmb/fy2016/advertised/overview/07_executive_summary.pdf

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