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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]Is it true that the majority of Falls Church and Justice High School students live in poverty? That seems shocking in a county as wealthy as Fairfax.[/quote]

FCPS has a host of schools where 40%-60% of the kids receive free and reduced meals, which means the kids live below the poverty line. Title 1 schools are all schools where the majority of kids receive free or reduced meals. Justice, Mt. Vernon, Lewis, Herndon (ES, MS, and HS) are but a few examples of the schools with a high poverty rate. I know that many high schools have a food bank to help feed the kids at their high school, South Lakes Food Pantry is hosting its 0.5K this Sunday at Lake Anne to raise money for the pantry. They serve over 500 kids on a weekly basis.

FCPS kept busses running during the pandemic in order to bring food to local schools that families could pick up.

How are people unaware of this?[/quote]

People living in bubbles.[/quote]

Overall, FCPS has 38.5% of kids from economically disadvantaged families.

Justice is 96.3%  
Lewis is 73.1% 
Mt Vernon is 64.4%
Herndon is 57% 
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This information is obviously incorrect, and no one actually familiar with the county would make this assertion. [/quote]

Feel free to check my numbers. I may have mistyped something: 
https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools

https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/justice-high
https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/lewis-high
https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/mount-vernon-high
https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/herndon-high
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No, it’s simply that you don’t understand the data or how to interpret it.  [/quote]

Ok. Please interpret this data for us:

38.5% of kids in FCPS come from economically disadvantaged families.

Justice  96.3%
Lewis  73.1%
Mt Vernon  64.4%
Herndon  57%

Seems pretty straightforward. 
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Not at all, dummy.

Check the FCPS school profiles for accurate information. [/quote]

Ok. VA is reporting on % “economically disadvantaged”, not FRM.

“Economically disadvantaged – A student is economically disadvantaged if the student:

is eligible for Free/Reduced Meals,
receives Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), or
is eligible for Medicaid.”

https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/divisions/fairfax-county-public-schools

What you apparently don’t understand is that at certain schools with higher poverty levels all or virtually all students are treated as FARMS-eligible to reduce administrative burdens.  It does not mean, however, that over 95% of the kids at a school like Justice are actually impoverished or would otherwise qualify for free or reduced meals, TANF, or Medicaid.

https://www.fcps.edu/news/fcps-schools-providing-meals-all-students-through-cep

You need to educate yourself and stop churning out misleading posts. 
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