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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FCPS is about to move the wealthiest neighborhoods zoned for Luther Jackson MS to Thoreau MS.

What will this do:
* increase ESOL/FARMS rates at Jackson
* give Thoreau LLIV students at option to stay at Thoreau or take a bus to the AAP center at Jackson
* turn Thoreau into a three-way split feeder

Why do this:  because Jackson is overcrowded and Thoreau has capcity, and the parents getting move to the wealthier school won't complain

Why not do this:  because it will further concentrate poverty in the Gen Ed population remaining at Jackson, turn Thoreau into a three-way split feeder to Madison, Marshall and Oakton, and fail to address the fact that Poe MS, which also shares a border with Jackson, has MORE EXCESS CAPACITY THAN THOREAU.

Once again, the FCPS School talks out of both sides of its mouth.  They adopt lofty resolutions like One Fairfax to proclaim their commitment to equity, and then through their policy choices concentrate poverty in certain schools, create incentives for parents of kids who are not in AAP to avoid certain school pyramids like Falls Church and Annandale, and take the path of least resistance that caters to wealthier families and gives AAP students options that are not available to Gen Ed students.

Just watch Palchik, Hynes, Evans, Moon, Strauss, McElveen, and Keys-Gamarra go along with this.  The hypocrisy is glaring. [/quote]

Now we know why you are "poor".  As another pp pointed out you can't even get the facts right.  The people being rezoned to Thoreau live in Oakton.  You want them to be bused to Poe which is in Annandale??? Are you crazy?  I don't have a dog in this fight but if anyone suggested that, they'd get laughed out of the room.  While you are at it, why not zone people in Great Falls to Poe and Jackson so there are more "wealthies" going to those schools?  What say you?[/quote]

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