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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the SB did what was correct. They stopped the practice of gerrymandering-which I thought was something liberals were against! But maybe they are only against political boundaries being gerrymandered. I thought gerrymandering -in every aspect -went out of fashion in the 60s. But, what do I know?! [/quote]

Apparently, not much. The existing boundaries weren’t especially gerrymandered. They simply reflected the fact that the middle schools in that part of the county generally don’t feed to a single high school (ever since TJ became a magnet) and that there’s no middle school near the heart of Oakton.

If you look at the new boundaries, the catchment area for Thoreau is now much bigger than the Jackson area, and Thoreau now feeds to 3 high schools, whereas the Jackson area just includes part of the Falls Church area.  The justification is that Jackson needs the extra space for AAP kids, but the AAP program at Jackson is going to shrink considerably, despite the efforts of some here to proclaim its superiority to LLIV at Thoreau.  It’s really “social engineering” in reverse: giving the wealthier families more options while ensuring the lower-income students get the short end of the stick.[/quote]

They are both forms of social engineering. Zoning is a form of social engineering. Zoning limits the types of homes and businesses in the area and Oakton is primarily on septic which is why other than near the metro there are only single family homes. That is a form of social engineering to limit that area to single family homes which cost more. School boundaries and magnets are also a form of social engineering. The magnet was created to bring up the test scores at Luther Jackson and bring in more of those single family homes into the pyramid. The boundary for Jackson verses Thoreau for non-AAP kids isn't that much different to say one was gerrymandered over the other. Thoreau's main feeder is still Madison and Jackson's is still Falls Church. Oakton never had its own middle school feeder. [/quote]

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