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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you take your child out of MCPS if there was a private school voucher program so Montgomery County residents had school choice?[/quote]

It would hollow out public education so that private would be the only option but the right loves to privatize everything.[/quote]

But the really fun part is that even if they have room — a big IF — no private school is in any way obligated to admit or to keep any student. Some of the wealthier parents eager to use public funds for specialized services for their kids might be in for a double shock — first if their kid doesn’t get all that they’re hoping for, and then, when the then-decimated and under-funded public systems won’t be able to provide services either.

In practice, this is little different from the segregation academies that were created when schools were legally supposed to integrate.  The twist here is that the less expensive private schools are more likely to be religiously affiliated, thus scamming the public by using public funds to pay for private, and private religious education.  Meanwhile, those without means will be left whatever the then-underfunded public schools can scrape up for them.

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