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Anonymous
I certainly didn't choose to not control the border. |
Anonymous
BS. This country was built on the backs of slaves. We'd be just fine. |
Anonymous
DP. How many glasses of wine have you had on a Wednesday night, my dear? |
Anonymous
Love the hyperbole, someone touched a nerve with this one. So back to immigration and how it impacts the current state of FCPS: how does FCPS fix Lewis and Herndon, two of the worst high schools in the county, also the two with extraordinarily large populations (50+%) of hispanic immigrants. How will adding black/white/asian kids to these schools actually provide uplift to the hispanic student population? More broadly, will living under the threat of readjusting boundaries every 5 years attract the types of parents who seek control for their children's environment, who seek stability for their children? These are the same types of families that prize academic achievement. The next 24 months of PR on the comprehensive boundary changes will be an inflection point for FCPS and it will never recover to its former status within the US public school system. |
Anonymous
My post above. Note in the article Reid decided to meet with the Federal DOE to sneak change the magnet site. So what was he outcome of that? And she included busing for those who don't want Montessori.. Meanwhile Rosehill gets significant numbers transfer in for immersion. Seems like putting immersion at Bucknell works PLUS AAP - Bucknell could get more base school IF FCPS perates with integrity in this county wide analysis. But that integrity is the real problem since Bucknell is a serious red flag on Reid. Now of all times to give her more authority? Not to be trusted. This was not FCPS floating a pssible site for an AAP boundary change and we personnally have had those floated. It was a grant money grab with the DOE. |
Anonymous
Over 50% Hispanic does not mean you are a Hispanic immigrant. Many of these kids are English-speaking kids born in America who identify as Hispanic. |
Anonymous
| I’m curious- will Bucknell be required to use the basal as part of the Montessori program? |
Anonymous
Of course, but there's a direct relationship between where immigrants choose to live and the per capita population of their ethnicity. It's not unreasonable to believe that Springfield and Herndon have a larger % relative to the overall Fairfax hispanic immigrant population. And as you point out, maybe it's not the hispanic immigrant population dragging down the numbers at these two schools, maybe it's the hispanic population overall. In which case we still go back to the same question: how will adding black/white/asian kids to these schools actually provide uplift to the hispanic student population? |
Anonymous
how much extra capacity do they have? |
Anonymous
More like how much extra cash do you have? $40k a year, I hope. |
Anonymous
| Are there any parts of they are possibly throwing out and not including in the policy vote tonight? Or is this a done deal vote? |
Anonymous
The issue can be framed differently. Let’s assume some of these schools with high Hispanic enrollments do an admirable job of supporting these kids, given where they started from, even if their test scores are lower. The schools still have a substantial population of students who aren’t Hispanic, and the opportunities available to those schools may not be the same at a Lewis or Herndon as at a Langley or West Springfield. The goal might be to try to make those opportunities more comparable, so that we don’t end up with high schools that are entirely Hispanic. Clearly the current opportunities for the non-Hispanic kids at these schools are not similar, or you wouldn’t have groups composed primarily of Langley parents regularly engaged in activities designed to preserve their boundaries and keep kids who aren’t at least UMC out of their school. |
Anonymous
Might be a few who abstain or oppose but hard to see it not getting a majority of votes. |
Anonymous
I hear the argument that moving more higher SES/higher performing students to Lewis and Herndon will increase the demand for AP courses and electives and allow those schools to offer more of these classes and thus benefit the existing student population. My concern as a parent who lives in an area likely being considered for a move to Lewis (though SCHS makes a lot more sense geographically and is under enrolled by a similar amount) is will there be a lag in offering these courses? If these changes happen beginning the 26/27 school year, my child will be moved between their sophomore and junior year. Will there be a lag were they have to analyze demand, which will result in the students who are moved losing access to courses they would have otherwise had at WSHS and having their academic trajectory altered? I worry that the initial cohort of student relocated could suffer the "growing pains" of the school. Basically, if these moves take place, when will these improvements in course offerings take place? Will it be immediate? My family has the means and motivation to seek pupil placement, move further inbounds, or go private. For FCPS to not lose families like mine, they are going to have to show that our kids will not lose opportunities in a move like this. I'm supportive of more opportunities for all students, but ultimately, as a parent, I'm also going to look out for the best interest of my own children as well. |
Anonymous
Makes perfect sense. That’s why people have been saying they need to get rid of IB. No one at an AP school wants to be dumped into an IB school and told it’s “just as good.” It’s not, at least for most kids, and if they want to move WS kids to Lewis they need to accelerate the replacement of IB with AP. |