"fees are one of the many barriers in these children’s lives that keep them from accessing experiences to be successful" And that's the way we like it in MCPS!

This article is about an Ohio public school system. The majority of Montgomery County voters do not care about this issue.

...Low-income students already face issues such as lack of support at home and lack of job opportunities. “Life is hard, and we’ve made the mountain a lot steeper if we don’t start to knock down some of these barriers,” Husted said. “These fees are one of the many barriers in these children’s lives that keep them from accessing experiences to be successful.”...

 http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/01/21/pay-to-play-bill-not-happening-for-now.html