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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is the worst school idea around.  This is exactly what is done in Virginia.  Independent cities have their own school systems.  Those systems are all horrible.  It’s because you have a very small tax base but you still require all the overhead of a regular system.  [/quote]
City of falls church has a high performing school system [/quote]

Which schools specifically is in the city of Falls Church school system that you are referring to?

Anyone that believes breaking the "W" schools up into their own systems need to think more about it.  If you believe having 26 different school boards all elected and paid for and 26 different superintendants is better than one, you're crazy.  You would then need 26 different administration buildings, 26 different IT departments, 26 different accounting departments, 26 different payroll departments, and 26 of every single overhead position.  It is not economical.  There are efficiencies in scale, it's why when corporations merge they are able to cut overhead costs while keeping revenue consistent.  If one of the W schools broke out of the system, it would be so expensive to build it's own school system that far more dollars would be spent on overhead than is currently the case which would mean far fewer dollars going to classrooms.  That would mean declining schools quickly followed by people leaving the area and falling home prices.[/quote]

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