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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's been a problem for a long time.  FCPS not only has to meet the needs of all the spec ed and esol kids, but it also decides to spend money on all the *gifted* kids and the language immersion kids.  That leaves nothing for the regular kid.[/quote]

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Really tired of paying all these taxes, only to have my "regular" kid pretty much ignored.[/quote]

You people are morons. A very tiny percentage of 'your taxes' goes to educate your kid or any other kid for that matter. 
Every single one of us is paying taxes, from teens to the eldetly - most of whom don't have kids in the public school system.
It's not 'your money' to be spent on 'your kid'. 
Hell, we've been paying for 30 years to get 'your kids' a free public education even while our kids are at a 35k private school and we are not whining like you.[/quote]

Not the taxes poster, but if your kids don't even attend FCPS, how is your opinion on whether others have a concern about the level of spending on nonspecial ED/ESOL kids even relevant.  Of course you're not concerned because your kids aren't in the schools, and so you have no clue about the level of education those kids who are in the schools are getting.  Your taxes don't cover the President's or Congress' salaries either, but I'm pretty sure if they were acting in a manner contrary to your or your kid's interest you'd have an opinion.  The number of ESOL kids in our schools affects spending on nonESOL kids.  As inflation adjusted spending per "regular" child decreases, at some point there will be a decrease in the quality of education.  [/quote]

Because we are all paying to educate ALL of the kids, including the special ones, not to just throw  more money at your kids. Your children are in one of the most generously funded schools in the nation. [/quote]

Care to back that up with statistics?  My knowledge, albeit anecdotal, is that our school system actually is one of the less funded (and more efficiently run) school systems of its type (rich suburban/urban with high percentages of college educated parents).  Look at Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey........[/quote]

This is correct.  Our schools are grossly underfunded compared to districts with similar income levels.  Fairfax just has good propaganda.  [/quote]

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