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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why we need vouchers, public schools have no accountability for how they spent their money, we are fed up and are thinking of moving to private even thought we are in the best mclean high pyramid[/quote]

What private school do you plan on attending with your 10k voucher? Do you think that Catholic schools are going to double capacity? [/quote]

Good private schools would expand, and new private schools will be built since there would be a market.  Perhaps they could acquire vacant government school buildings as people overwhelmingly shift to private and FCPS enrollment plummets.[/quote]

Good private schools cost $40k a year plus and have more applicants than seats. They haven't expanded to meet demand and there is no reason to think the will. As far as new schools, the economics don't work at $18k (probably less because the average spend includes ELL and special ed students who cost far more) a year.  [/quote]

DP.  Some schools won’t expand because selectivity is part of their brand but education is a market and there will be more supply (private school alternatives) if the demand increases.  And the demand can arise even if a state contribution is a partial subsidy rather than a full subsidy.

FCPS has operated far too long as if it has a monopoly and, while that has never really been the case, the consequences of that type of thinking are starting to become more apparent. [/quote]

If you're correct then why haven't any new privates opened? Basis is the only one. Surely if the demand is there, then someone would have taken advantage if all of these families who were desperate to leave could. Maybe it's because most schools in FCPS are good to excellent and those that aren't have families that couldn't remotely afford private school even with a voucher [/quote]

Let’s see.  Basis opened.  Paul VI expanded and moved from Fairfax to Loudoun.  Oakcrest expanded and moved from McLean to Vienna.  Flint Hill and Trinity at Mountain View are getting more attention.  The ups and downs at Basis show it’s not easy to establish a strong reputation for quality, but you’d be wrong if you don’t think FCPS is not pushing more people to explore alternatives, including private schools.  [/quote]

So a school moved from Fairfax to Loudon and Basis opened in 2016 and that's your evidence of demand? Flint Hill and Trinity have been around forever and may be getting attention, but they aren't exactly growing [/quote]

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