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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Do you think a school system should focus on educating children? Or on righting all the wrongs of society? People often point to the per pupil spending in DCPS as evidence of its wastefulness. But that's not really fair when in reality it's both a shitty school system and a shitty social services system.
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You seem to be promoting a socio-economic based version of "The Plan" in which poor people are somehow swept out of the District, leaving it to the gentrifiers. Given the likely race of the poor, that's not far from the original "The Plan". Rather than running the poor out, why not try to lift them up so that they are not poor? I can't remember all of the details, but in one of the school reform plans that the Council approved, there were plans for wrap-around services to be provided at schools. Things like health clinics and adult education that would make the schools a hub for addressing a host of neighborhood needs. Not all of those programs need to be run by the schools and their purpose is not to provide employment, but to deal with actual needs. It seems like a reasonable idea to at least test.
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