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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about the homeowners and non-ESL students that live in the Lewis boundaries? They should be forced to move to other schools and see their home values suffer? Doesn't seem right to me.[/quote]

Wtf are you babbling about? How would their home values suffer going to a better performing school with more kids? Seems like it would be a win for them.

But, to be fair, I don’t think they should have to move if they don’t want to. 1,500 students is only a critical shortfall if you are trying to make a blatant equity play. It’s the people in Lewis pyramid trying to bolster their own house value at the expense of their neighbors.[/quote]

I'm asking why people in the Lewis pyramid who are not ESL should have to transfer to other schools to find similar cohorts and challenging classes. That is the situation now and will continue to be unless something is done to help the school. Why are some pyramids designated as the permanent home of the poor and ESL populations? That is how FCPS is treating them. How is that fair to the homeowners in the Lewis pyramid? They moved higher income areas from Gambrill Road and Daventry to West Springfield. That helped their property values. Was that fair to the homeowners still zoned to Lewis? Maybe some people are tired of being dumped on.[/quote]

DP.  I can't tell you how many times I've seen threads started by people zoned for Lewis and other schools with similar ESOL/FARMS levels who contend that (1) every school has a sizable cohort of strong performers and challenging classes; and (2) their children have a leg up in the college admissions process over students at schools with larger cohorts of high-performing students.

Are these folks just lying?  Your post suggests you're getting the short end of the stick, contrary to the other posters' claims that there's nothing better than being a big fish in a smaller pond.

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