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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're zoned for Lee HS - a 3 on Great Schools. Count your blessings![/quote]

I send my kids to Lee and they are doing fine. Great Schools is not a good source to use. And it is a self fulfilling prophecy - the more educated focused families avoid a school the worse it becomes.

If that continues then FCPS might as well write off Lee, Annandale, Falls Church, Stuart, Mt. Vernon, and West Potomac. Herndon, South Lakes, Westfield, Edison, and Hayfield are all fives right now, so they may be doomed as well. Once a school reaches a certain point, it is hard to turn it around. Pay close attention to the fact that I just named 11 of the 24 regular high schools in FCPS. That means that almost half of the high schools score a five or below on Great Schools.

I have decided people around here are crazy. FCPS provides excellent resources and opportunities at all of its high schools. Do some schools have opportunities that others do not? Sure. Do some schools have more successful football teams or bands? Sure. Are some schools richer than the others? Obviously. FCPS and the Fairfax Board of Supervisors should be held accountable for concentrating poverty, particularly at the five lowest rated schools. Still, if your child is motivated they should do fine at any of the FCPS high schools. And if your student easily finds trouble, they will find it at any of the FCPS high schools.

Lee, the smallest high school in the county, is 1100 students smaller than Lake Braddock (the largest). That is 275 more kids per grade at Lake Braddock. Considering that each school only has one soccer team, or basketball team, or school play, where do you think a student would have more opportunity to participate? Obviously that shows the biggest difference in the county, but the county looks to average about 2250 kids per high school. That is close to 500 students more than Lee currently has. 125 more per grade.

So I would ask everybody around here to take a deep breath and stop abandoning schools because of what you read on the internet. I would at least ask, that before you move or transfer away from your school, that you speak with the Principal, the PTSA, and parents of recent graduates (or the graduates themselves).[/quote]

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