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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The downfall is the focus on equity instead of academic excellence. FcpS will fund the undesirable schools lucratively but choke off the better schools. it's a form of reverse bussing.[/quote]
You want school systems to stop putting so much emphasis on equity? You need to change federal law and how funding works.  You fools keep screaming about the school board but this goes way above the SB or FCPS.  You want a school system that doesn’t have to worry about equity? Move to a white UMC area with a small/town system. Boom. Problem solved. [/quote]

DP.  Worrying about equity by dumbing down classes, making classes easier and graduation requirements lower, lowering standards when some students do not do the work (that's why there's no more homework), etc. is not good for anyone.  A school district can focus on both excellence and equity, one does not need to be sacrificed for the other.  That's foolish.  [/quote]
I don’t disagree but when you penalize schools for not being able to close the gap, you get this BS.  They should try to close it, but the gap exists bc of factors outside the school system.  [/quote]

No, the school board really is focused on equity more than excellence.  Remember how the previous superintendent saying that the main thing (teaching/educating) is the main thing - and then he stopped saying that and started focusing on equity.

As for penalizing schools for not being able to close the gap - are you referring to Greastschools?  VA DOE at one time threatened to remove the accreditation of one of the Fairfax high schools that was scoring poorly and then changed the accrediting requirements so that threat is gone now.  [/quote]

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