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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If PP is correct about student transfer and lots of discussion on when it's unaccredited, then more families should student transfer to further lower the test score. How low do you have to go to lose accreditation? We know school board can't/won't make decisions. As a community, let's force the issue, get the school to a point where they need to make a decision. So hard to see the school trying so hard and so few families volunteering.

Where can you find info on how many student transfers are requested and approved?[/quote]

Not sure about where to find the # of student transfer requests, but this year there are 13 students pupil placed to Lee and 116 who pupil placed from Lee to other schools.  You can find this on the transfer report on the capacity dashboard. [/quote]

In terms of losing accreditation, the issue at Lee is that its ESOL population SOL performance puts it at the brink of not clearing three state benchmarks. Stuart actually responded well to project Momentum. Lee didn't. Neither did Mount Vernon.

By "closing" Lee, the county would be able to essentially clear state oversight. One consideration was the impact on Edison, Annandale, West Springfield and Hayfield. Between the IB transfers out and the students transferring in or being redistricted to South County, Lake Braddock or Robinson, the numbers apparently made some sense.

Someone is working on preparing a budget proposal for this, I believe, fwiw. It would only cover the cost of the study, but would spell out who's moving where, what cost savings exist with IB being consolidated, etc.

It will be very interesting to see what happens next, but I imagine this process will move very, very slowly until Lee hits two years of red zones in SOL performance.[/quote]

It seems like an extreme measure, compared with the improvements to Lee that could occur if FCPS eliminated IB at Lee, moved some of West Springfield to Lee, and transferred some of its top administrative talent to Key/Lee like it did to Glasgow/Stuart.   The overwhelming message to the Key/Lee from FCPS has been you're toxic, we can't possibly move any of the snowflakes from Irving/West Springfield to your school, and we'll saddle you with mediocre administrators who have worn out their welcome at other schools. [/quote]

And if they re-zoned kids and took away the IB at Lee.... and then RENAMED it, it would kind of be a fresh new start.  Wouldn't have the baggage of poor performance (at least in the beginning).  There is an opportunity to rebrand and reset the curriculum.[/quote]

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