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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^^ Rezoning and distributing those low performing schools into neighboring schools does not work.  It just creates a domino effect where where high performing families move out, creating two or three low performing schools where there was once only one. It is a domino effect.

They need to thing in a different way with Lee instead of rezoning. That has been proven over and over to not work and just creates more low schools.

Most of those kids are not on the VA tech track. A large percentage of Lee's student body will probably go into trades type careers (something we need as a society).  They should do away with the failed IB program at Lee and switch to only AP, so higher achieving and tansitional students can pick classes a la carte.

Then they need to bring more academy classes into that school, perhaps soliciting corporate involvement, to give those kids real life skills in technology and trades that can translate well into job and life skills after graduation. This will meet the needs of the students at Lee.

IB obviously is not meeting their needs, even remotely. The traditional fcps model is not either as evidenced by their test scores.  AP will provide a place for academically minded kids, and quality tech and trades classes will give the other kids, a large portion of their population, pride in their school along with real life skills. If it is done well, with corporate partnerships, I bet we will see a change in the achievement at Lee.[/quote]

Actually, what needs to happen is to spread out affordable housing so that it is more equitable throughout the county instead of concentrated where it is. Then there would be no need for ridiculous contorted boundaries.[/quote]

You are assuming all the Hispanic families at Lee want to live somewhere else. They might not. People tend to want to live in a neighborhood where they feel comfortable and have a sense of community, and where they have the least painful commute. If those folks have roots in their neighborhood and school they might not be interested in living somewhere else or having their kids rezoned away from their neighborhood and communities.[/quote]

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