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[quote=Anonymous][quote]His entire shtick is complaining his district, which includes southeastern Fairfax, never gets enough money and attention, and that's why the test scores are low, there aren't NMSFs from the schools in his district, and few kids from his area go to TJHSST.

The only solution is to give his district more money. And then even more money.

He overlooks the fact that FCPS wastes money on construction projects in his district so Corbett Sanders' friends won't have to go to Mount Vernon. It's such an obvious waste of money that Jeff McKay was tempted to get the BOS to hold up the FCPS budget last year.[/quote]

Not sure if the construction money is fungible.  Pretty sure we vote on bonds for construction.

However, I agree with the principle of this post.  I taught school in the projects for a few years.   Stunning how much money is distributed but never gets to the classroom.  It is money "better spent" that is needed.  Structure, goals, etc. and less emphasis on social programs are needed.  Don't get me wrong,  no kids should go hungry or without shoes, but setting up a "feel good" program does not do the trick.  It just makes the people appropriating the money feel like they are doing something to help.  And, the money gets peeled off at every level of bureaucracy before it ever reaches the kids.

There are lots of effective programs that do not require a lot of money.  But, FCPS has never met an expensive program that it does not love.[/quote]

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