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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Lewis families were informed about the meeting. The Lewis community has been begging for more communities to be zoned into the school.

And please, no comments about eliminating IB and adding more programs. It's been said and done, so thank you.

What Lewis needs is more kids. What happens when there's not enough students to enroll in a class? The class gets cancelled. That means the more specialized classes end up not being offered because the population's not large enough to support that niche subject.

Then parents move into other school districts, because they want the more course offerings, and Lewis shrinks even more.

The school needs a healthy, growing population.

Either the school board grow a freaking backbone and move kids into Lewis, or they just admit that they don't want to invest in the school and shut the damn school down. They don't seem concerned about student population or overcrowded schools, so let's just let the other high schools absorb the population.[/quote]

Well, OK, but Bren Mar Park currently feeds to Edison and is in the Annandale pyramid because it feeds to a middle school (Holmes) that mostly feeds to Annandale.  And some families and community members at Bren Mar Park, particularly those in the old Edsall Park area west of 395, have said they do not want to be redistricted to Lewis and would prefer to move to Annandale if they have to be moved.  Keep in mind also that, unlike others in the area, Bren Mar Park was redistricted 15 years ago.

Did all these people also have notice of the meeting, or was it orchestrated so that Lewis parents could just ask for kids to be redistricted to their school?  [/quote]

Not sure what you’re insinuating about Lewis parents. They just want more kids to attend their school, don’t think they’re cherry picking who it will be. And rightfully so the school deserves more kids

There were Bren Mar families at the meeting so they were informed. 
Also, Ricardy Anderson was at the meeting acting as a voice for her community. Unlike the Franconia school board rep, who was not in attendance and has done nothing to help Lewis. [/quote]

I’m not insinuating anything about Lewis parents. I am suggesting FCPS manipulates the process to get what it wants.

If Lewis families were cherry picking an area that it thought would improve the school’s profile, Bren Mar Park probably would not be their first choice.  It’s the low-hanging fruit.  [/quote]

What's wrong with Bren Mar Park kids?

I get so tired of people trashing each other's schools.[/quote]

Compared to some other schools near Lewis, Bren Mar Park will yield relatively fewer students who’d increase the demand for more challenging courses at Lewis, which is one of the reasons why some Lewis parents want more kids at the school in the first place.  On the flip side, the families are less likely than some others to object to being moved.

Can this not be acknowledged?  Whose interests does it serve in that case? [/quote]

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