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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know that plenty of kids from the Gambrill Road and Daventry areas attended Lee High School for years with no issues. It is not like you are sending them across the county.

That being said, there is absolutely no appetite to move anyone from West Springfield into Lewis. That will not happen (probably should, but won't). And in the end if the Bren Mar people put up enough of a fight they will likely either stay at Edison or go to Annandale.

Leaves Lewis in a pickle. People say that a 1500 student high school is normal. And that is the case in many places. But Lewis is also poor. It is also high ESL. So in comparison to other FCPS high schools, it is not the same and something should be done. Next year it will only hit 1420 - 1430 students and will likely fall under 1400 the year after (unless students are moved in or something is done to keep the current boundary students at the school).

FCPS should have done something 10-14 years ago (including not moving Daventry).[/quote]

I think Lewis succeeds in no small part because it is small.  ESL and title one kids often have reduced class sizes and it helps their academics overall.  I don’t see how importing kids to that area will help unless it is for a magnet program and the kids stay at their home schools but bus in for a few classes. Perhaps having an early childhood program with an academy for ece/daycare certification would work well at that school. Or having a dental assistant program like at west Potomac with the NOVA medical campus down the street, or a forestry academy with FCPA and lake Accotink would help.  They should rethink that kind of programming before adding in kids. It is easy to access in the middle of the day, but not in a great place to draw parents and families back to it for after school programming.

They are adding in extra programming with Skyview, but not Lewis. The school board is really leading the pack when it comes to turning its back on Lewis.  They are asking parents to be fine with switching their kids around in the more urban/southern parts of the county, but then giving families in the Sky in the northern part. [/quote]

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