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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely should be better utilizing current capacity before adding on or building new schools.  Yes, the decisions aren’t going to make certain people happy.  Too bad.

But in evaluating moves, transportation AND a more equitable SES mix need to be considered.  The disparity between the high SES schools and the low SES schools is stark.  And because we write it off as “well, that’s just where the rich people live..” we have re-segregated schools and are using the separate but equal argument without realizing it.  Yes, schools are segregated now by SES (and race by default in some areas - many inner cities, not necessarily FCPS).  We have got to find a way to fix this if we ever expect to close gaps.[/quote]

"We" did not re-segregate schools in FCPS.  FCPS got a massive influx due to irregular migration from Central America.  FCPS has targeted resources and our resources and tax dollars are NOT considered finite by FCPS.

FCPS has reduced ratio classrooms, programs, dual immersion at some sites [target is Spanish], young scholars, going to full time advanced academic resource teacher in title 1 schools.  There are reports on title 1 and pre school.

FCPS is also moving to universal preschool.  That could be headstart age 6 weeks to age 5 or less - age 4? age 3? Plus they want  to gear up family engagement at title 1 schools, field trips, tutoring and homework help [includes Grandparents/retirees not specific to that school and middle schoolers].

Definition of  universal pre school and classrooms and staffing are major issues.  Add system wide grade 6 weeks to 1, 2, 3, 4.  Full day.  Elementary school standrad is grades k-6.  That's 7 and some sites have FCPS pre k and headstart.  46 title 1 schools with 4 more grade levels?  2 more grade levels?

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I'm the last PP.  Some elementary schools in the Herndon Pyramid are over 70% Hispanic and over 50% Hispanic ESOL for lower grades.  Data is on the VDOE per grade level, school, demographics [ethnicity, FRPM per ethnicity, etc].  VDOE Herndon middle school:

Herndon MS:		2003-04			2018-19		
esol		                  194	=	16%	>	603	=	54%
hispanic esol		  124	=	10%	>	483	=	43%
hispanic		          215	=	18%	>	557	=	49%
total		               1222	=	100%>	1126	=	100%

So here's a school with high % Hispanic in the Herndon Pyramid pre-K and kindergarten for 2018-2019 from VDOE:
Kindergarten fall membership on VDOE site example for an FCPS school Hutchison:								
Hispanic ESOL		107	=	66%				
Hispanic K total		123	=	76%				
Kindergarten total		161						
Pre K=Hispanic		41	=	73%				
Total Pre K		56

Run school year round on the site until 6 pm with summer including a larger PE/arts/dance component?  How many classrooms needed for FX local funded unerversal Pre-K?  400 more pre-K at that site alone?  Year round extended day?  School board candidates use universal pre-K as an issue but fail to define the scope that would be funded locally.  38% of students in the Herndon pyramid enter kindergarten with no pre-school.

Who is going to pay for it? Obviously costs will be born by local real estate taxes. How much does it cost?  DC has universal for 3 and 4 - note AA population in DC.  In FX target market are not AA [multi-generational USA citizens].

FCPS through the public sector would provide equity in experiences, family involvement, after-schooling etc .  FCPS self-flagellates itself on MSA .  I'm not being snarky - FCPS has enough data to generate estimates yet I can't find anything other than budgets and applying local costs to more students.

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Congratulations Fairfax Dems you have taken a once healthy middle class area Herndon and created a third world country hell hole through illegal immigration[/quote]

This is 100% true. And to 'fix that', they get to screw over Great Falls. WIN for Dems.[/quote]

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