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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was Crestwood.

Listening on line and the Board seems to not know what is going on or even to have any power.  The consultants appear to be running the show.  [/quote]

That’s shocking. That wasn’t on any of the maps and they are pretty close to Lewis (well, all of Lewis’s boundaries are fairly close except perhaps the furthest ends of Saratoga).

Do we think this is some kind of move of Crestwood to WSHS and Hunt Valley to Lewis? [/quote]
makes sense. HV is 200 more students than crestwood. so that adds students to Lewis which is underenrolled and reduces WSHS by 200 which is overenrolled. crestwood is also 50% FARMs and ESL while HV is like 10%. this helps with equitable outcomes between the schools.[/quote]

Can someone explain how what they’re proposing to Halley and Gunston is equitable? They’re moving the Hagel Circle attendance island from Halley to Gunston (even though it’s still going to technically be an island). Hagel Circle is almost entirely FARMS. Halley will lose the majority of FARMS kids while Gunston will likely become a Title 1 school. In exchange for the increased students from Hagel Circle, they’re planning to move out a middle class neighborhood to Island Creek. [/quote]

Are they doing this in order to make it a Title I school?

That should not play into the decisions, but........[/quote]

FCPS's web site says that the FARMS threshold for designating an ES as Title 1 is 57%.  Most schools in FCPS reported a significant drop in their FARMS rates last year; explanations as to the reasons why differ.

In any event, if Hagel Circle gets moved to Gunston it's possible the FARMS rate could increase from around 32% (the FARMS rate last year) to something around 47%, which would be under 57%.  FCPS hasn't updated its list of Title I schools for 2025-26.  [/quote]

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