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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some thoughts:

First meeting was tonight.  Seems like the overwhelming input form Oakton ES was "YES -- ASAP."

If Oakton ES, Mosby Woods and the remaining part of Marshall Road are re-zoned to Thoreau,  Jackson will no longer be a feeder to Oakton HS.  Jackson will be feeding Falls Church only (I think).  The only exception would be AAP kids zoned for Thoreau who choose Jackson.  I can see why LJMS would want to keep its status as a center (to draw in some high scoring AAP kids into their mix), but socially, it might not be advantageous for the Oakton-bound AAP kids b/c they wouldn't know very many other kids when they arrive at Oakton HS.  But, maybe that doesn't matter as much.  The Oakton-bound AAP who go to Thoreau will have a much bigger cohort of kids moving on to HS b/c there will be about 300+ kids moving from Thoreau to Oakton.

LJMS is going to take a big hit with SES and test pass rates. But, if nothing happens, then it isn't fair to the LJMS kids either b/c they are over-crowded and the neighboring school is far under-capacity.  Re-zoning based on completely neutral factors (i.e. distance, numbers, etc.) may very well have an effect that makes LJMS much less diverse and lower income.  I guess that's the real effect of housing on schools (i.e. apartments = more minority, less HHI;  SFH = more white, higher SES).

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Seems like this will have a really negative impact on the remaining Gen Ed kids at Jackson. [/quote]

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