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[quote=Anonymous]It will serve our local community, and serve it well. There will be transportation, and parents at our elementary school have expressed considerable interest in it. It fills a need in our community that is currently not being met. This isn't for the kids who will likely make it through HS successfully. This is for the kiddo who has to take a ESOL class and that eats up their only available elective that would otherwise have been a college prep or college credit course, for example. This is for the kiddo who isn't currently succeeding at their local HS - not a brain drain of any sort. The number of kids from any one particular HS will be small, and FLA has said that they will work with elementary schools to identify kids who would benefit from this type of program. The thing that I really like is the inclusion of wrap around services, and the recognition that while FCPS is doing a pretty decent job of educating this particular population, the issues surrounding poverty are still there, and still a hinderance to the potential for some students to be able to not only finish HS but also go on to college. This doesn't take anything away from any local HS's, but allows FLA to create a program that will provide the services and education to a group that is harder to educate. And I've seen folks ask why doesn't FCPS just do this? The answer comes down to money. FLA has the ability to go after dollars that FCPS cannot, and they have the ability to structure their school day and year in a way that FCPS cannot (or chose to cut simply because of tight funds). Like I said, as someone living in a community that could benefit greatly from this school, I'm very excited about it as are a good chunk of our parents.

And the folks I've spoken to at FCHS (those who are opposed) seem to be more opposed to the location than the idea of the school itself. I obviously haven't spoken to everyone, but there seems to be a little disconnect between their "let's fix out building" focus, and them opposing FLA. While they are passionate about their building and their kids (as they absolutely should be), they need to realize that there are other children outside of FCHS that would benefit greatly from a model like this, and by combining the two issues they are losing focus on their real fight - to get the CIP list adjusted. [/quote]

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