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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn't "hurt" them.  It's just reveals what they actually are at the ms level (to some extent).

It may "hurt" the image of LJ.  But the image was false up to this point if anyone was using LJ's reputation to assess the desirability of the pyramid.

The white and asian students at the MS are high performers (on SOLs) and that remains true at the HS level (even though their proportional representation in the schools change from MS to HS with the loss of the OHS and JMHS kids).  They aren't "hurt" b/c they still have the same teachers and programs at the MS level.

The Great Schools rating may take a hit.  Housing values *may* take a hit (only if you assume that the housing values are influenced by the MS.  I would argue that housing values are mainly affected by the HS pyramid -- which will not change).

So, no.  I do not agree that Falls Church pyramid familes/kids at LJ will be "hurt" by this move.  Only their egos.  But the underlying skill sets/achievements will be the same.[/quote]

Again, just about everything you assert here is contradicted by social science research, including research previously reviewed and cited by FCPS, which finds that student achievement starts to decline across the board when the poverty rates creep much above 40-45%.

There are lots of split feeders in FCPS.  Jackson has been a split feeder to both Falls Church and Oakton for years, just as Thoreau has been a split feeder to Madison and Marshall.  Turning Jackson exclusively into a Falls Church feeder and Thoreau into a three-way split feeder to Madison, Marshall, and Oakton makes no sense, especially when it will drive up poverty levels at Jackson and FCPS could explore other options that would leave Jackson a split feeder to both Falls Church and Oakton.  It is an accommodation to Oakton/Vienna families who simply want to see their own real estate values increase, even if it's due to the resegregation of a middle school that, ironically, was originally built as a segregated high school for AAs. [/quote]

In what document of research did FCPS find student achievement starts to decline at rates of 40-45%?[/quote]

See the reference to the tipping point study below:

https://www.fcps.edu/node/32975

It was also discussed in this thread:

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/545701.page[/quote]

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