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Reply to "Fleeing APS schools for FFX County"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on whether you can afford to buy into one of the better schools. FCPS has done a much better job than APS at pushing the worst of those issues into the schools people can least afford to leave.[/quote] How so? APS is very segregated and avoids demographic balance by claiming walk zones are a priority. [/quote] Schools in richer areas are very different from schools in poorer areas of Fairfax County. PTA’s in affluent schools are able to provide more for their students - including field trips, Odyssey of the Mind, etc. Poorer schools also lack the “extras” that others take for granted. Few of them offer Local Level IV or foreign language in ES. Boundary policies ensure that there are “rich” and “poor” schools in close proximity to each other, and de-facto segregation. Ex. Lee HS v W Springfield, Mt Vernon v West Potomac, Annandale v Woodson, etc.[/quote]
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