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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s just amazing to me how far FCPS has fallen since the mid-90s.  It would have been unheard of before then to have any schools in those lower two categories.

Massive illegal immigration and far-left Democrats on the SB are all responsible for this decline and it’s shameful.[/quote]

Fairfax County was smaller than, teachers were better, admins were better, there were less standards, etc....

Or FCPS stopped the spin machine and it has always been bad. [/quote]

No, it actually was an excellent school district.  The spin is what we see today, when FCPS pretends to still be excellent and “world class,” as they like to say.  [/quote]

It had fewer poor and ELL kids. Those kids drag down school ratings and that's reflected in FCPS today. The schools that don't have those kids are still ranked as some of the best schools in the state [/quote]
+1. Pretty much this people. A school district reflects its population. I agree this is probably just an in for [b]the introduction of school vouchers which will further drag down public education[/b]. I do disagree with some of FCPS’s policies like not holding kids accountable for their behaviors and grading policies.  This will only put more pressure on school districts to teach to standardized tests. [/quote]

My friends in more voucher friendly states really appreciated the economic diversity it brought to their private schools. As someone who was educated with a hodge-podge of everything but charter schools, I don't understand why vouchers are such a bad thing. Letting poorer people have the same privilege to pick their schools as the wealthy - the HORRORS. Unless you're FEA, why be threatened?[/quote]
Because a lot of charter schools are crappy AF and do not operate under the same regulations as public schools. Many are also religious based which some of us are not religious. They also can be more discerning about who they pick so the excuse that it gives poor kids more opportunities is BS. [/quote]

You don’t think poor smart kids exist?[/quote]

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Truly poor kids are not going to have access to schools via voucher. The rate of FARMS kids in some public schools will skyrocket once [b]middle class kids leave with vouchers.[/b] If money from vouchers is pulled directly from the school system, FCPS is going to go downhill faster.[/quote]

If your going-in assumption is that the schools are so bad anyone with the financial option to do so will leave, then [b]fix the schools.[/b] Don’t trap the students.[/quote]

There's no feasible way to do this that doesn't involve a ton of federal overhauls.[/quote]
Schools only reflect the families that reside within a school district. The county is getting poorer.[/quote]

This is it. I grew up in northern Virginia in the 90s. The poor families back then were essentially what we called middle class today. They were struggling, but they had shelter, food, and clothes. There was no surplus. There was nothing left over at the end of the month.[/quote]

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