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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To prove that the learning that goes in inside the building is not dependent upon the outside aesthetics?  Maybe it is a good lesson for kids who are used to manicured lawns?[/quote]

Everyone knows that already. McLean is the top-ranked neighborhood high school in Virginia in 2023 per US News.

Even so, there comes a time when you need to treat schools equitably in terms of capital investment, unless your goal is simply to degrade the system. [/quote]

No, see the public schools were created to be the great equalizer of our society.  Those kids get a top notch education, just the building sucks.  Makes sense because they should see how all the other kids actually live to give them any hope of being empathetic and understanding adults.  This way, they understand that not everything in life is handed to them and is beautiful, sometimes  you shouldn’t judge a book by a cover.

Of course, you as an adult who “fought your way” from the streets of the inner city and “pulled yourself by your bootstraps” to the blissful streets of McLean believe YOUR kid needs the best, but maybe they are getting more than you think.  You just disagree that the lesson is important because you are blinded by the capitalistic idea that “top of the line and state of the art facility” is the most important thing.  [/quote]

I hear Highland Park near Chicago has a poverty simulator to give people a look at what it’s like to be poor. Maybe FCPS can borrow it. :)[/quote]

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