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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone seen the video of the facilities at Carmel HS that is making the rounds?

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/carmel/2023/02/13/carmel-high-school-students-tiktok-videos-natatorium-stadium-auditorium-studios-auto-shop/69899563007/

I know that what happens inside a building is more important than the building itself but the disparities between the facilities at that school and some of the run-down facilities in FCPS really make me feel guilty for living in a school district like FCPS that spends so much time on abstract discussions about “equity” yet pays so little attention to the condition of its facilities that trailers and cheap modulars are now just taken for granted.

Shame on Fairfax County and shame on FCPS!  For a supposedly wealthy county, we don’t even come close to a random suburb of a mid-sized city in the Midwest when it comes to providing for our kids. [/quote]

I mean, I don't know the situation but I assume local taxes fund schools and the rich people have arranged the districts in such a way that they can channel all their tax dollars into their beautiful facility while schools in nearby poorer districts fall to pieces.  It's not a good thing [/quote]

Right - there are lots of areas where services are delivered at a less aggregated level than Fairfax, where you have a single, large county-wide system.  And there are pros and cons with different approaches.  We see it locally when people talk about the advantages of Falls Church City schools vs FCPS.

But if nothing else the facilities at Carmel HS - even if it’s a very big school - are way nicer than those at really any high school in FCPS (not just the super run-down old schools like Annandale, Lewis, and McLean) and ought to make some think twice before they disparage “flyover country” the next time.  Looks like flyover country, or at least parts of it, compare very favorably to our stagnant if not declining county. [/quote]

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