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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It might benefit from some more Asians, but it's also a very wealthy school and could use some diversity of income.[/quote]

And they will get that from this rezoning.  MWES is a very diverse school with a substantial FARMS rate (probably at least 35%).  The AAP center part of MWES hides the true farms rate of the population that goes to LJMS (i.e. the base school).[/quote]

Here are the F/R lunch numbers for the schools involved:

FCPS Website F/R Lunch Numbers (2016-2017)

[b]Marshall Road Elem - 24.87%
Oakton Elem - 7.72%
Mosby Woods Elem - 25.07[/b] - (not at least 35% as was stated above)
Camelot Elem - 35.02%
Fairhill Elem - 27.02%
Graham Road Elem - 83.68%
Pine Spring Elem - 63.67%
Westlawn Elem - 70.02%
Woodburn Elem - 65.70%

Thoreau MS - 10.12%
Jackson MS - 43.52%

Fall Church HS - 55.97%

Three elementaries with the lowest F/R rates are being moved out of Jackson.

I think what some people in this county fail to realize is that more and more of the county is becoming a no go zone for UMC (or MC) families that focus on education. It is not just about this one boundary change. It has happened several times in the last 15 years in the eastern and southeastern section of the county (see Lee and Annandale as examples). If Jackson has been decent the last several years this may be the change that turns the tide toward the negative. If the school slips in the next couple of years then families who were starting to see Jackson / Falls Church as a viable option may move elsewhere - and this starts a downward spiral. It will probably have the biggest impact at the two least poor elementary feeders, Fairhill and Camelot. Families at those two schools will be the ones to notice that they have been left holding up Jackson and Falls Church.

Another thing to watch for - what are the numbers of students in AAP at Jackson that come from Oakton, Mosby Woods, and Marshall Road? Do they make up a significant percentage? Thoreau offers AAP Level IV services - if many of those AAP students choose to stay at Thoreau for the local services, what will the effect be on the Jackson AAP program? Did FCPS make this information available? To me it seems FCPS has left a lot of information out of this decision. It may come back to bite them.[/quote]

Exactly.  If FCPS wants to self-inflict additional wounds, they should at least provide enough information and engage in sufficient analysis to let us all know that they are doing on purpose. The feeble efforts by PP to suggest that it’s all good because it might increase the diversity at Thoreau by a percentage point or two are ignoring the bigger picture.[/quote]

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