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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once again, FCPS is looking thru their equity lens; this a part of the great plan to boost achievement and of course lessen the FARMS numbers. I hope parents refuse to accept this arrangement.

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These equity moves only reduce the % of FARMS within the school's population, the moves do not lessen the FARMS numbers or help the existing FARMS population.  One of two things will happen when high SES kids are cut over to Lewis as tribute:  1) They will immediately start taking opportunities that existing Lewis kids previously had like leadership/sports/club positions, to the detriment of the current Lewis population, or 2) Non-assimilation of the new 'rich kids', the face of which will be the white population. Lewis had 196 white students in 2023. The equity move will increase this number to 396, assuming an entire ES is moved over (4 HS grades, 100 students per grade, 50% white).  It will be no secret to the entire student body, and particularly a 63% FARMS population that 'rich kids' were imported to make the failing school better, and the face of the imported 'rich kids' will be the white population that doubles in size from 10% to 20%.  And yes, WSHS area is not Vienna/McLean/Tysons 'rich', but even small things like driving a car to school and having premium sports equipment makes one a target of resent.  [b]If I was a non-white and/or FARMS student I would resent these new kids and treat them differently, and with good reason[/b]. The message that the SB is unintentionally sending to these Lewis students (88% non-white) is that they are not good enough, so bring in the rich kids to make things better.  And because of the existing Lewis population and the population that's projected to move over, the white kids will be seen as the 'rich kids'.[/quote]

Just [i]wow.[/i] Flabbergasted that you actually posted that. Just because you have insecurities and prejudices against those who are wealthier and/or culturally different from you doesn't mean that all kids do. Especially Gen Z and Gen Alpha kids who see much less "color" than you do.[/quote]

I am PP and could have left "non-white" out of the bolded statement, because this is haves vs have nots.  I am non-white person who grew up poor in a Richmond school much like Lewis, so was speaking for myself and from my own experience.  It is simply human nature to have feelings when you see your peers with things you don't have and wonder why the world is unfair.  My point is that the move is going to amplify the faces of the haves at Lewis as mainly white students, and the message I would receive as a non-white student at Lewis is "your kind aren't good enough so we are sending white people in to fix a problem".  There will certainly be asian, black, and hispanic students moved as well, but because of existing demographics none of their populations will double, while the white population will.  Again this is a social experiment.  Although Gen Z and A kids see less color this could actually cause them to see things more in terms of color.  [/quote]

+1 I will add  I grew up outside of Baltimore. I know how easily racism you see in the news and stereotypes that run in the media/culturally gets amplified when you have people of color around you who are struggling. I wanted my kids to grow up around high performing minorities so they can see all races as equal not as the whites are the have and the colored are the hhave nots. Research often shows this is the way to combat racism- to have examples around you of high performing minorities. Ways is an amazing example of this aAND of compact boundaries. To mess with it is to ruin the very example of what the board wants to create. [/quote]

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