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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know the western part of the county as well as the southeastern, but when South County opened the ensuing boundary changes left Lee (Lewis) with a high-poverty population. Is there a risk that this could happen to a school like Westfield?[/quote]

Yeah, Lewis is definitely not a school you want your child to attend at present.  Poor quality education and dangerous as well.[/quote]

This is false information. Lewis provides an excellent education, and I sincerely don't know what you're referring to with it being dangerous.

The big challenge with Lewis is that it's so small, so it's hard to support extracurricular activities. [/quote]

DP, only for activists in Fairfax County is a 1,500+ school deemed “so small”.  Over under on the percentage of public high schools in the country less than 1,500 students? I’d guess 80 or 90%.[/quote]

It's reasonable for people to want their school to have an enrollment in the ballpark of other schools in the same jurisdiction, as that has implications for the courses that can be offered and the relative strength of the extra-curricular programs.

Any time Lewis families suggest FCPS should take steps to improve conditions at Lewis, they get accused of being radicals.  But the School Board very clearly states that key considerations when considering boundary adjustments include equitable access to programming and maximizing the effective and efficient use of school facilities.

Of course, the likes of Sandy Anderson ignore this, so what we get instead are proposals to move kids out of, rather than into, Lewis and new threads every few weeks where people dump on Lewis. [/quote]

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