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[quote=Anonymous]From the materials assembled for the March 11th work session: [b] "Research on school overcrowding has linked this factor to lower achievement (Batiz & Marti,1995; Lee, Ready & Welner, 2002). More specifically, overcrowding has been associated with a four to nine percentage point decrease in pass rates on standardized reading tests and two to six percentage point decrease in pass rates on standardized mathematics tests. Other negative impacts tied in the research to school overcrowding include teacher and student absenteeism (Corcoran et al., 1988), problems focusing (Batiz & Marti,1995), limitations on instructional techniques and classroom activities (Batiz & Marti, 1995), noise levels in schools (Fernandez & Timpane, 1995), teacher working conditions (Corcoran et al., 1988), and teacher burnout (Batiz & Marti, 1995)."[/b]

Meanwhile, FCPS is paralyzed because they can't figure out what their aspirational "One Fairfax" policy means with respect to boundary changes that would only involve two schools.  Clearly, kids don't come first, and teachers don't come second.  It's all about politicians being politicians.  [/quote]

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