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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP who complained about educating ESL kids….

From my perspective, the issue is that we expect the schools to do all this, and do it on the schools dime.  Along with feeding kids, providing mental health support, developmental therapies for kids who need them, making sure they are clothed, etc.  Schools are the catch all social service for most poor kids and then people get mad when schools are spending so much money without better educational outcomes.[b]  If we had a more robust social service network [/b]in this country (including ESL support for kids outside the school system), schools could focus more on teaching.  [/quote]

We do.  We have an incredibly robust social services network in Montgomery County.  Your tax dollars are funding it.  That is why so many people come here, from all over the world!

Through a myriad of non-profit, government and religious institutions, children and their parents can learn English, if they choose to do so outside of public schools.  Besides that, children have easy access to health insurance, medical care, free transportation, free food, free clothes and free backpacks.

MCPS can focus on education and leave the rest to all the other agencies ready and willing to provide these other services.[/quote]

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