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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It’s time to accept the fact that FCPS is in free fall. [/b]  There is no fixing it without voting in a school board that will lead, find a competent superintendent, and ensure worthless layers of middle management are eliminated to provide funding to hire and retain excellent teachers.

FCPS uses technology very poorly and burdens teachers with a myriad of non-teaching duties.

Given the political makeup of Fairfax County, that is very likely to happen, so if you have the means it is time to go private. [/quote]

I have been hearing this complaint since I moved here in 1987.  Some people will always believe it.  Some will eventually see the light when their kids go off to college and see how well prepared or not they are.  [/quote]

My DD called home the first semester of college to tell me how stupid all the non- NoVA kids were.[/quote]

On the first day my kid texted me how racist, bigoted, and especially CLASSIST all the NoVA students were when a diverse group sat around the fire pit.[/quote]

Not surprised. Many FCPS schools, especially the "desirable" ones, have about half of the national average % for African-American demographics. The US's average population is around 13% African-American and schools like Oakton and Woodson have around 6%. Langley and Madison are laughable at <2% Black.[/quote]

It's also self-fulfilling, if a school is < 2% black than black families who can afford to be there won't want to be there. So it creates a void and keeps the numbers low. That's likely what people at those schools want anyway, if DCUM is any reflection of them. [/quote]

Asian families didn’t expect a party thrown for them before they sought out top pyramids.  If Black families want stronger academics for their kids they can follow suit, not self-segregate. [/quote]

I'm sure they're clamoring to go to schools with the likes of your kids! [/quote]

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