Is Waynewood the least diverse school in FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Its called Whitewood for a reason

This.

The community is toxic - so anti-diversity and has fought tooth and nail to keep it that way for many years.

+100 - the fact that they have fought against diversifying the school is telling. It should be illegal what they are doing in waynewood. What makes less sense is they all end up at the same middle and high school. So what is the difference?

How have they fought diversifying the school? Fighting boundary changes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its called Whitewood for a reason

This.

The community is toxic - so anti-diversity and has fought tooth and nail to keep it that way for many years.

+100 - the fact that they have fought against diversifying the school is telling. It should be illegal what they are doing in waynewood. What makes less sense is they all end up at the same middle and high school. So what is the difference?

How have they fought diversifying the school? Fighting boundary changes?

Waynewood residents/those who represent Waynewood have fought to keep Route 1 kids from their school. If you can see in the boundary there are islands of kids from the Rt. 1 corridor that got Ft. Hunt and Stratford but not Waynewood.

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY2022-23ElementarySchoolBoundaries.pdf

People argue that Stratford is a contiguous boundary but you literally have to drive through another school’s catchment (in this case Hollin Meadows) in order to get from Gum Springs over to Stratford. A resident of Gum Springs could not drive to SLED without crossing into another school’s boundaries.

The school dynamic in Fort Hunt is odd and doesn't seem good at all.

Waynewood - highly regarded elementary school with very low farms/high SES and the racial diversity is lacking (highest percentage is white). They do not bus in any kids from Route 1.

Stratford - center AAP with a medium farms percentage and mix racial diversity. Kids bussed in from all over since it is a center school.

Fort hunt - very high farms percentage/low SES/Spanish immersion school with a lot of kids bussed in from route 1.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Looking to move into the area but I am a little turned off by the fact that it is almost 85% caucasian whereas every other school in the area is more like 60-70%. Are there any other schools this homogeneous in FCPS?

Look it up online and answer your own question.

Aren't you a peach? There are what, 150 ES's in FCPS? Yes, let's comb through all those school profiles!

If it’s important to someone to find which school is the least diverse, they would find the time.
Presumably they might move into the boundary for Waynewood if there were a whiter elementary somewhere else in the county, so they can feel at peace that they didn’t pick the absolutely whitest one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its called Whitewood for a reason

This.

The community is toxic - so anti-diversity and has fought tooth and nail to keep it that way for many years.

+100 - the fact that they have fought against diversifying the school is telling. It should be illegal what they are doing in waynewood. What makes less sense is they all end up at the same middle and high school. So what is the difference?

How have they fought diversifying the school? Fighting boundary changes?

Waynewood residents/those who represent Waynewood have fought to keep Route 1 kids from their school. If you can see in the boundary there are islands of kids from the Rt. 1 corridor that got Ft. Hunt and Stratford but not Waynewood.

https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY2022-23ElementarySchoolBoundaries.pdf

People argue that Stratford is a contiguous boundary but you literally have to drive through another school’s catchment (in this case Hollin Meadows) in order to get from Gum Springs over to Stratford. A resident of Gum Springs could not drive to SLED without crossing into another school’s boundaries.

The school dynamic in Fort Hunt is odd and doesn't seem good at all.

Waynewood - highly regarded elementary school with very low farms/high SES and the racial diversity is lacking (highest percentage is white). They do not bus in any kids from Route 1.

Stratford - center AAP with a medium farms percentage and mix racial diversity. Kids bussed in from all over since it is a center school.

Fort hunt - very high farms percentage/low SES/Spanish immersion school with a lot of kids bussed in from route 1.

The school has contagious boundaries that make more sense that Ft Hunt

[Anonymous]

I was bored and looked up every elementary school. Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS. Lynbrook is the least diverse, but Waynewood is the whitest.

Lynbrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was bored and looked up every elementary school. Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS. Lynbrook is the least diverse, but Waynewood is the whitest.

Lynbrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

Is that a good thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was bored and looked up every elementary school. Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS. Lynbrook is the least diverse, but Waynewood is the whitest.

Lynbrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

Is that a good thing?

All you need to do is look at test scores to find out.

Lynbrook:
Math: 39%
Reading: 36%
Science: 50%

Graham Road:
Math: 45%
Reading: 51%
Science: 51%

Waynewood:
Math: 91%
Reading: 92%
Science: 82%


Hybla Valley:
Math: 39%
Reading: 38%
Science: 47%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was bored and looked up every elementary school. Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS. Lynbrook is the least diverse, but Waynewood is the whitest.

Lynbrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

Is that a good thing?

All you need to do is look at test scores to find out.

Lynbrook:
Math: 39%
Reading: 36%
Science: 50%

Graham Road:
Math: 45%
Reading: 51%
Science: 51%

Waynewood:
Math: 91%
Reading: 92%
Science: 82%


Hybla Valley:
Math: 39%
Reading: 38%
Science: 47%

Colvin Run, 52% white

Math 94
Reading 96
Science 96

Maybe it's more about poor kids dragging schools down and less about race

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was bored and looked up every elementary school. Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS. Lynbrook is the least diverse, but Waynewood is the whitest.

Lynbrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

Graham Road is interesting because it is physically located within another school's boundaries. The kids in the neighborhoods on ALL sides of Graham Road go to Timber Lane, which is much more diverse (half of the school is zoned to McLean HS, so the houses zoned to Timber Lane are $$$$).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was bored and looked up every elementary school. Below are the four least diverse elementary schools in FCPS. Lynbrook is the least diverse, but Waynewood is the whitest.

Lynbrook—Latinobrook
85.5% Hispanic
8% Asian
3.8% Caucasian

Graham Road
82.7% Hispanic
7% Caucasian
5% Black

Waynewood—Whitewood
82.6% Caucasian
6% Hispanic
6.7% Other

Hybla Valley
82% Hispanic
9.6% Black
4.5% Asian

Which schools are the most Asian and the most Black? Each standout elementary deserves its appropriate nickname.

[Anonymous]

It can be illegal for school districts to draws attendance zones by explicitly considering racial demographics. There was a SCOTUS case that severely limited this practice. So school districts have to be very careful to avoid explicit consideration of race when making school boundary decisions.

[Anonymous]

So there aren’t any white kids at hybla valley?

[Anonymous]

Which school out of the four do you think they spend the most per pupil? Hint: it’s not waynewood

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:lol I feel like there is an anti waynewoood troll on this site but I’m here for it. Not sure about the answer to your question but if you like the area, fort hunt and Stratford are both more diverse.

If there is, it's not me. We're interested in the area because it's a better commute for my husband. We are a mixed race family, so diversity is important. We will definitely check out the other schools you mentioned, thanks!

We love the neighborhood!! It’s an awesome place to raise a family.

Do you have any issues with the lack of diversity?

NP. Diversity is overrated. Forced diversity is abhorrent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It can be illegal for school districts to draws attendance zones by explicitly considering racial demographics. There was a SCOTUS case that severely limited this practice. So school districts have to be very careful to avoid explicit consideration of race when making school boundary decisions.

I don’t see how you can redraw the lines for Waynewood. The geographic boundaries make logical sense.