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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One advantage of DCPS over MCPS for ES is class size. My kids are at an upper NW ES and have around 21-23 kids, Lower grades have an aide too. [/quote]

And there are often two adults since PTAs can fund aides.  MoCo prohibits this based on notions of equity and not wanting to worsen the achievement gap, although this measure only stunts the achievement of better performing schools and doesn't actually help anyone in schools that are struggling.[/quote]

MCPS prohibits this on the basis of equity, full stop. And rightfully so.[/quote]

That's like saying there should be an extra 25% tax on the rich.  But, rather than using that money to help the poor, build roads, fund healthcare, etc - you simply burn the money.

The rich having less is more "equitable," even though it hasn't help the poor or society more broadly in the process.[/quote]

No. It’s basically to avoid creating private public schools, where wealthy families are able to fund their schools themselves and eventually seek to lower taxes to not have to fund schools in poorer neighborhoods. It also makes sure that funding decisions are centralized and traceable to a central authority for accountability and mission [/quote]

We are talking about having an aide in the classroom to assist the teacher.  That hardly renders a public school private as wouldn't be near enough for people to decide schools didn't need to be adequately funded.  And as for accountability, the aide is accountable first to the teacher who is in charge of the teacher and is next managed by the principal (and assistants and others school management) who is then managed by the various layers of MoCo bureaucracy.

There is more than to ensure that an aide - who would barely set any classroom policies, never mind anything broader - remains accountable and consistent with the mission.[/quote]

Until the pta starts staffing them in every class. Then it funds specialists, books, etc. soon it funds a capital expansion or renovation. Then the parents don’t see a need to fund other schools as much. It’s nature.[/quote]

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