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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So how are option schools not a luxury good then? [b]We are basically paying for public schools for kids who would otherwise go private. That's not a good use of taxpayer dollars. [/b]

Personally, I think some of them would stay and pressure APS to fix the demographic mess it has. It ain't perfect. But it might help some.

To the people arguing that the options schools have the best mix, yes, that's true, they tend to be good yes. But they make the problems worse at the neighborhood schools. So is it worth it? Plus they cost more. I just don't see how we can afford them.[/quote]

The bolded part is especially true.  One of the NW schools has seen attrition as more families are leaving and moving to private.  It helped get their numbers below 95% (without preschool).  We need to get rid of public private school on the APS dime.[/quote]

Well then maybe we should create public schools that everyone WANTS to go to.[/quote]

No. Families moving to private is good for the rest of us. How wonderful that we aren’t awake at [u]knight[/u] wondering why we are sending our kids to such an overcrowded school![/quote]

Yeah it’s working out great for Alexandria, isn’t it?[/quote]

:D [/quote]

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