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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] > Maybe, the kid was not sleeping in Oakton.

Yes, that's correct.  FCPS says where the kid sleeps each night will determine it.   [/quote]

So the County places shelters, subsidized housing, and apartments in certain parts of the county while other areas remain high-income, single-family only. Got it.[/quote]

Which schools have no low-income within their boundaries?  We live in a well-off school boundary, and we still have several low-income apartment complexes within the school boundaries at all three school levels.

Unless you're talking about McLean HS (boundary map: http://virginia.hometownlocator.com/schools/profiles,n,mclean%20high,z,22101,t,pb,i,1118971.cfm) where they somehow managed to cut out all of Pimmit Hills but still pick up the swath of Falls Church between 29 and 7 and another chunk near Arlington?  I think they're an outlier.  Most other schools have contiguous boundaries.[/quote]

The percentage of low-income students at McLean would go down if Pimmit Hills went there and the Timber Lane area went to Marshall, which is closer, or stayed at Falls Church, where it was zoned until the mid-80s.  This is a rare example of a good attempt by FCPS to add some SES diversity to a school by gerrymandering the boundaries a little bit. [/quote]

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