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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish they would exclude ESOL students from SOL’s. Maybe some of these low performing pyramids could start pull themselves out of the hole. 
It’s a self perpetuating trend. 
Scores suck. People move out
Scores suck more.
People avoid moving in.
Scores suck the most.
People from the lowest SES are all that’s left
Scores suck in perpetuity ...[/quote]

Um, the number of white, UMC kids at Justice has been increasing in recent years. Sorry if that doesn’t fit your narrative.[/quote]

So has the number of low SES kids and the have been increasing faster.[/quote]

Let’s assume that’s the case.

The total enrollment has been increasing so it’s inaccurate and likely racist to suggest that “people” keep moving out and avoid moving in.  At a minimum you need to clarify which people you’re referring to. Otherwise it clearly comes across as if other people are sub-human in your little world.

The white enrollment - the best proxy for middle and UMC families in FCPS - has been increasing over the past decade. The data is easy to find on the FCPS and VDOE web sites.

The one kernel of an assertion in the posts that is accurate is that the average test scores will remain below average for the county as long as the fastest growing population consists of ESOL and/or FARMS students.  That does not change the fact that there is still a critical mass of higher-achieving kids, which includes some of the ESOL/FARMS students.

Attacks on schools in 2019 are typically are just slightly veiled attacks on immigrants, as illustrated by this article in today’s Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/immigrant-kids-fill-this-towns-schools-their-bus-driver-resents-the-system-that-brought-them-here/2019/09/22/861c0fb4-d321-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html%3foutputType=amp[/quote]

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