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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does the voucher system say the private school HAVE TO accept disabled and differently abled students?

Thought so. [/quote]

While you might be right, I think you’re missing the broader point that parents are going to look out for their own kids first. Only after that will you get altruism.

Look no further than the boundary change proponent who argued first for her kid not to be moved.[/quote]

This comment illustrates exactly why vouchers should not exist.  Because it only benefits children who have parents who are in a position - financially or logistically - to opt out of the public school system and into a private system.  And all of those children who do not have parents of privilege who can facilitate this are left in a deteriorating public school system with fewer resources and less opportunity.

People who are not altruistic until their kids are taken care of will never become altruistic.[/quote]

Your second paragraph is BS. I’ve gladly supported public schools and even more money going to schools that need it. But when the school board wants to use my kid as their resource, that’s where they’ve lost me.

I get you want to villainize those who care about their own kids more than the collective, but you’re really out of the mainstream. If you disagree with that point, drive through the liberal bastion of Timber Lane and see what those yard signs tell you.[/quote]

Explain how vouchers will help you and your kid? What is your projection [b]that in 3 years, an amazing charters will acquire acres of land that magically have a built school ready for kids with certified teachers? [/b] That can’t be it, that just happened to FCPS without vouchers.

What are you looking for that you think 13K will help you find. Keep in mind there will be over 100K other families who will be competing with you. [/quote]

DP but there are already very decent private options in the FCPS area, that a $13,000 discount on would be significant.[/quote]

And you assume YOUR kid will be the one to get the spot over the 100K others?  Kay.  [/quote]

Yes, because within that “100,000” are kids who are better served by public schools, kids who don’t ideologically align with a particular private school, and parents for whom the rest of the bill would still be too steep a barrier.[/quote]

Just not YOUR kids will be better served by public schools because you don’t. I’m sorry, but there WILL be increased competition for the slots.  And because of that competition, tuition rates will rise and in order to keep the riff raff out. For example, donations will be expected. The more you donate over 13k, the higher your chances your kid will be accepted.

Not for ALL privates of course, you can always go to the other ones.

And this is what you think is best for your kids.

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