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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is a combination of three factors: high poverty, high ESL, and low enrollment (relative to other FCPS high schools).

The offerings of advanced courses can be reduced - both variety and instances of those classes. This can impact scheduling.

And there have been issues maintaining some mainstream activities. I believe a few years ago baseball did not field a team, but I think they resolved that.

The continuing decline in enrollment will only make these problems worse. FCPS is not doing [b]anything[/b] to fix the situation.[/quote]

Lewis is one of 8 high schools in FCPS that offers the International Baccalaureate program.  The other 17 high schools have Advanced Placement courses.

The AP schools do not offer IB courses.  None of the IB schools offer a full menu of AP courses, but Lewis is among the IB schools where FCPS has been adding more AP courses in recent years.

So they are doing some things to try and make Lewis more attractive, but they've resisted redistricting families from other pyramids into Lewis.  In fact, one School Board member seems to be behind a recent proposal to move more kids out of Lewis to West Springfield, which is surprising given the already low enrollment.  [/quote]

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