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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once again, FCPS is looking thru their equity lens; this a part of the great plan to boost achievement and of course lessen the FARMS numbers. I hope parents refuse to accept this arrangement.

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These equity moves only reduce the % of FARMS within the school's population, the moves do not lessen the FARMS numbers or help the existing FARMS population.  One of two things will happen when high SES kids are cut over to Lewis as tribute:  1) They will immediately start taking opportunities that existing Lewis kids previously had like leadership/sports/club positions, to the detriment of the current Lewis population, or 2) Non-assimilation of the new 'rich kids', the face of which will be the white population. Lewis had 196 white students in 2023. The equity move will increase this number to 396, assuming an entire ES is moved over (4 HS grades, 100 students per grade, 50% white).  It will be no secret to the entire student body, and particularly a 63% FARMS population that 'rich kids' were imported to make the failing school better, and the face of the imported 'rich kids' will be the white population that doubles in size from 10% to 20%.  And yes, WSHS area is not Vienna/McLean/Tysons 'rich', but even small things like driving a car to school and having premium sports equipment makes one a target of resent.  If I was a non-white and/or FARMS student I would resent these new kids and treat them differently, and with good reason. The message that the SB is unintentionally sending to these Lewis students (88% non-white) is that they are not good enough, so bring in the rich kids to make things better.  And because of the existing Lewis population and the population that's projected to move over, the white kids will be seen as the 'rich kids'.

In any case, this is going to be a highly consequential social experiment within the school and a social and socioeconomic experience for whatever community is given as tribute to Lewis.  I believe it will achieve equity goals for making living in West Springfield more on par with Springfield.  Over the next 10 years you will see a yet-to-be-determined West Springfield neighborhood area decline at the community level in both property values and the [b]quality of people [/b]living in the community.  Think some areas of Woodbridge circa 2008 housing crash and the decline of those areas as new populations flooded in.  This boundary transaction will be the example pointed to as families pay a premium for proximity to high schools that are not adjacent to urban population centers with section 8 housing and apartment dense areas.  [/quote]

Yikes!  Are you saying that parents that left their war torn countries and risked their lives in search of a safer future for their children are low quality people? Ok, gotcha. Or is it something else?[/quote]

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