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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Running the numbers, if Westfield lost Floris, Coates, and McNair while picking up all of Bull Run and Cub Run, its FARM rate would increase from 31.31% to 37%. It would also be less than 1900 students, so it would probably pick up more than just the remainder of Bull Run and Cub Run from Centreville and Chantilly. [/quote]

HHS is around 40% and we have all watched Langley parents throw conniption fits for years over the mere prospect of being moved. So its understandable that the Stone and Westfield families--whose schools already have more than their "fair share" of ELL and FARMs kids--aren't thrilled with pp's great ideas.

The SB is going to need to find some middle class/UMC areas to add to Westfield's attendance numbers. As previously pointed out, no one wants their kids to be moved down so the CHS parents will scream.  [/quote]

Where do you think these kids are going to come from when all the schools near Westfield have a lot of ELL/FARMS kids?  Did you wake up one morning and think you were living in Great Falls?

If you pull three feeders out of Westfield, you need to move someone into Westfield.  Brookfield is high FARMS (58%).  Lees Corner and Poplar Tree are too close to Chantilly to move.  Powell is too close to Centreville to move.  So you're basically left with Bull Run (43% FARMS) or Centre Ridge (50% FARMS).  As between the two, Bull Run is already a split feeder to Westfield and Centreville and makes more sense.  And they can send all of Cub Run to Westfield as well.

Honestly, it's starting to get amusing that you can get so enthusiastic about FCPS dropping $150 million to buy KAA because it's a "win" for western Fairfax, and then want to avoid the ramifications.  [/quote]

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