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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  I don't think that private schools are better than MCPS.

However, if there are private magnet schools under the supervision of MCPS and state education department, and if they can take MCPS kids who are magnet material but are rejected because they have a cohort in their home school, and MCPS can demonstrate quantitatively that they are top students  - I am all for the voucher for these students.

Also, if there is a private special ed school that is extremely good and under MCPS supervision and state education department, and MCPS can objectively demonstrate that some MCPS student will be well served in such a school - I am all for the voucher for these students too.

In the case of both kinds of students - there has to be also a high income threshold of perhaps 300K.  And a voucher of not more than 10K.

Each year, MCPS and MD dept of educatuon, must evaluate the student as well as the school to give out the voucher. [/quote]

If you’re capping the voucher at 10 k, you’re basically saying that no kids will be able to use vouchers unless there parent already have quirpte a bit of money to spend on their education.

Maybe the third time will be the charm:  My ask is for someone to tell me the names of a few secular private schools that cost the amount of whatever you imagine the vouchers will be. If you want to cap it at 10k, do you know of an actual, secular school that charges 10 k — all-inclusive?  If not, you’re just using the tax dollars — including dollars from poorer households and households without kids — to subsidize private education for wealthier families. And that is unconscionable.  [/quote]

Montgomery County ------------ $16,005

With changes in regulations, and no need to pay top dollar for public employees, parents could pool that money and create pods, so could churches, etc.  That's what charters are supposed to be, but of course Montgomery County shot down every attempt at creating a charter.[/quote]

$16,005 would be enough for our family to pull our special needs child out of MCPS. We would be able to make up the difference.

The alternative is taking MCPS to Due Process after two years of neglecting my child’s needs. MCPS does not have the staff the IEP requires. Because of regression during online learning, he now needs more than MCPS has on his IEP. MCPS would save the staffing expenses for the service providers. My son would get the service at a private who has the staffing. [/quote]

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