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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone with a child in Lewis, I will say that there is community there. It is challenging, when you meet parents for whom English is not their first language, but they genuinely want their children to succeed. And just from that alone, we can bond. We're all there for our kids.

I've attended potlucks at Lewis with international flavors I've never had before and it was AMAZING!

Speaking of international, the international night at Lewis is always a sold-out event. There are other community events, like the holiday concert the band does for local preschools, and last year there was a trunk-or-treat event.

The teachers have been amazing and really work hard to help their kids succeed. They don't go easy, but they also really care. Throughout elementary and middle school, teachers only reached out to me when things went wrong for me kid, but the Lewis teachers reach out to let me know when my kid does awesome. (And seriously, the first time I got one of those messages, my heart pounded and I thought, "Oh crap, the teacher's emailed me!" But it was good news! Never before did a teacher email me with good news!)

I'm not willing to give up on Lewis. We have been so happy and welcomed there. It may be hard to see from the outside, but Lewis is a really good school and deserves so much more than what the school board is doing to it.

Yes, I'm talking to other parents, and yes, we plan to speak up on behalf of the school. We will do our best. [/quote]

Do you think you need more kids or just more support?  As a WSHS parent and teacher for FARMS kids for decades, I am not sure adding more kids will be the thing Lewis needs.  More wrap around support for some families and allowing the children who are there to have access to more AP programming (even if that means smaller than typical class sizes) would probably be helpful to all. Focusing on test scores will never capture the learning that goes on for many children, and I hope FCPS is able to better articulate the true successes and achievements that students and families have at Title 1 schools.

Communities like Lewis are always amazing and unique places. THAT needs to be talked about more.  That said, after decades of working to help children like many of those who attend Lewis, asking my family to sacrifice my child’s high school experience and have them attend one school for 9/10 and then a second school for 11/12 was too great a price for me to back switching kids from West Springfield to Lewis. It is just unfair to expect children to do that.

Lewis does deserve more support and accolades than it gets.   How do we build that up?[/quote]

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