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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It seems only voucher enthusiastics are vocal on this debate.

I, as a FCPS parent, do not support vouchers. They are not going to solve problems in public education.  If you don't like the politics (DEI, empathy, religious neutral) of FCPS, then spend your own money to find the school you like.  I support your right to choose but not your right to take the money out. [/quote]

But those supporting vouchers are putting money in as well, often a good bit more money than others with kids in FCPS.

When a supposed public good no longer really functions as a public good, but instead as a sandbox for those with a particular agenda, it’s no surprise that people want to abandon the charade.

I’d feel differently if FCPS was well run, but the incompetence gets worse every year while the politicization of FCPS only increases.  FCPS has become the NPR of public school systems. [/quote]

First, I do not consider "NPR" as a derogatory term.   Second, I don't know what you are talking about.  How can you say with a straight face that FCPS "no longer really functions as a public good".

We live in different realities.  [/quote]

RWNJs pushing BS talking points to push their agenda.

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You can’t deal with the merits as to why so many are disappointed with FCPS, so you resort to the usual insults, such as slurs like “RWNJ.”  The irony is it only reveals your own low brows. [/quote]

LOL. “public good no longer really functions as a public good” is pure BS.

If you had a serious complaint based in reality you’d get a serious response. But you get what you deserve.

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One need only look at the superintendent who seeks to enrich herself at our expense, the school board that cares little about academic excellence but a lot about their future political careers, the many unnecessary expenditures (for example, Nardos King’s silly fiefdom), the waste of capital resources, the pointless and bungled ongoing boundary review, and the declining test scores to see FCPS has lost its way. These are the types of things that drive support for vouchers and raise questions as to whether FCPS truly continues to be a “public good.”  [/quote]

Just stop trying to engage with that PP. they see us all as nut jobs bc we are fed up with fcps leadership. There is a lot to be upset about.

I’m ready for vouchers. Let the $ follow the child. Money talks and I hope fcps will start to listen.[/quote]

Explain why you want to destroy the school system to “get back at the school board”. They aren’t going anywhere.  I posted a list of questions earlier that were deleted, so I’m not going there again, but so many people are just angry and unable to see that the school board itself will HAVE to exist.  The members who are there now are not going to even be in office in 10 years to see the “consequences of their actions” as you want to give them.

But KIDS will and KIDS will have to pay the price.  Your particular child, if they are in school now, will not benefit from charters very much.  Charters in DC open and close quickly often because they are bad.  Charters aren’t going to magically open for you in 26-27 that are superb.  If you want a private school, the private school will raise their prices to adjust for vouchers.  This isn’t going to help your problem that you are mad about.

Yes, FCPS was dumb about the boundary review.  It was clear in May of 2023 when this started that it is a political mistake to start the boundary process.  They didn’t care. But to think that establishing vouchers will help is ridiculous.

Have you talked to any parents about the DC lottery. How hard it is to get your kid across town to the school they matched with?  How stressful the lottery process is?  How difficult it is when the charter your kids go to closes? You should.[/quote]

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