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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely should be better utilizing current capacity before adding on or building new schools.  Yes, the decisions aren’t going to make certain people happy.  Too bad.

But in evaluating moves, transportation AND a more equitable SES mix need to be considered.  The disparity between the high SES schools and the low SES schools is stark.  And because we write it off as “well, that’s just where the rich people live..” we have re-segregated schools and are using the separate but equal argument without realizing it.  Yes, schools are segregated now by SES (and race by default in some areas - many inner cities, not necessarily FCPS).  We have got to find a way to fix this if we ever expect to close gaps.[/quote]

We don’t have to artificially bus kids around the county based on a hypothesis that it will “close gaps.”  That will run up transportation costs and increase pollution from buses, all while pushing many of the families whose presence in the public schools you seem to think is so essential out of FCPS.  FCPS does not operate in some vacuum where social experiments can be conducted without repercussions.  We’d probably move to Arlington, as would others, and you’d also see more people staying in DC or moving to Loudoun.

How about we focus on paying teachers well, managing our finite resources, and raising student performance, rather than always making “closing gaps” the only priority?  [/quote]

Again, western GF is bussed 16+ miles to Langley when Herndon is less than 6 miles away.  Do you care about transportation costs and traffic in this situation?[/quote]

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