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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "other people can't have nice things" have taken their arguments to a whole new level here. We're talking about private, voluntary contributions. Contributions that have managed to keep the schools afloat while DCPS let them languish and rot. Contributions that have salvaged a semblance of a passable eduction despite DCPS. Contributions that have freed tremendous resources for other schools.

And this is what you want to prevent? You are truly a ideological idiot. [/quote]

No, I want a level playing field for all schools regardless of the race or socio economic background of the students.  It's quite simple.[/quote]

but what does that mean? I think we all agree that kids are entitled to a great education regardless of their race or socio-economic back ground (and is mainly the second, because kids from middle class and upper middle class families do not have any problems), but what are you proposing? forbidding parents from raising money to cover expenses DCPD does not cover? giving schools with poor kids more money? is that going to be enough? based on the 2015 budget, Murch, with 680 students, has a budget of $6.3Million, while Payne, a Title 1 school with only 279 students, has a budget of over $4Million. as you can see, Murch gets significantly less money than Payne per pupil, having sognificantly more than twice as much students and getting only about 50% more than Payne. and, BTW, the money raised by the Murch PTA is just a minimal fraction of the budget.  so poor schools already get more. should they get even more? should the money used differently? should there be additional services, outside of DCPS, to support struggling families?  [/quote]

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