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If FCPS and the School Board were responsible and really committed to community engagement, that's the dialogue they would encourage.  Do we want more schools with over 2500 students?  Are we prepared to have some students in trailers longer if we build a new school?  How important is it to make full use of schools with extra capacity like Mount Vernon and Lee?  What disparities, in terms of class sizes, are appropriate between schools in high ESOL/FARMS areas and those in wealthier areas?  Should we keep spending money busing kids to AAP centers and TJHSST?  Is IB worth the extra costs?

None of these questions really are discussed openly, either among School Board members or with the public.  You end up with a system that caters only to special interests, and the middle gets the declining share of what's left, at least until they flee for Loudoun.   [/quote]

+1  Yes.  And the administration pads its own compensation (higher salaries and supplemental pensions) and unnecessary/ineffective programs linger and Auditors are let go or leashed and contracts go to preferred parties (such a Chairwoman Strauss' campaign manager or the Superintendents next employer) and the general public loses faith in the competence and integrity of the board and the Meals Tax is rejected and Capital Bond referendums become political footballs.  FCPS could be world-class, but it won't be without some real commitment to principled governance.[/quote]

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