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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SWW@FS and Ross must feed to the new Shaw Middle as originally planned.  That would cut down on crowding at SWW@FS and set Shaw up for success.

[b]Call upper NW's bluff on overcrowding and cut their PK4 waay back-- only enough to provide inclusion classes for special ed students and the at-risk kids who live IB.[/b][/quote]

I love this idea. I paid for private preschool because I thought DCPS PreK was for only low income families, like a Head Start program. I could not believe they opened it up to wealthy families. If you live in a $1M house, you can afford PreK.[/quote]

But it's not for low income families. It's universal PreK. It's for everyone. And when we all use the services that are for everyone, we get better services. If rich people opt out, the services decline, and you see (a) the folks who have social capital and time don't fight for them, and (b) the quality declines because we provide Only Enough for The Deserving Poor.

I want the people who live in million dollar houses to be invested in public infrastructure, like education, and transportation, and clean water. [/quote]

As I said, when my kids were PreK aged I didn’t realize it was universal. I am very invested in public infrastructure but my kids didn’t go public for PreK. They go public now. While I am invested, I am not sure lower income residents in DC want me fighting for them. [/quote]

Well then you’re just an ill-informed (wasteful) rich person. When your kid was in PK there were probably many open PK spots near you. Or did you not want your kid to go to school with possible poor kids?[/quote]

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