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I highly doubt that Mort Sherman is against private school families. As a matter of fact, I believe ACPS bends over backwards trying to attract those families. [/quote]

No one said he is "against private school families."  But I have been at a meeting where, in response to a direct question about trying to attact students who would otherwise go to private schools, Mr. Sherman said that private school was a great option for some families, and he did not intend to compete with private schools for those students.  Frankly, I am not certain why ACPS would currently want to attract more students, when it is struggling to provide sufficient capacity at the elementary level for the students it already has.   [/quote]

I have also heard Sherman say that he has no interest in competing for private school students.  I heard him say this at a fairly small meeting, so it must be part of his standard spiel.  As someone who was trying to make the decision between ACPS and private at the time, and was attending the meeting with Mr. Sherman to see if he would say anything that would change my mind, I have to say that this comment was the clincher.  Not only because if confirmed my suspicion that ACPS was not interested in helping my child achieve to his highest potential, but because it demonstrated such a defeatist attitude.  ACPS strives to give an adequate education to the students that already go there.  [/quote]

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