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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with making the FARMS kids move to further schools is their attendance will go down. And when things happen like this year (buses sucking), they might not go because a parent can’t just drive.[/quote]

I taught poor kids in a bused school.  Truancy is a huge problem.  Other problems:  getting parents to come to the school for conferences; after hour activities for their kids are very difficult; sick kids who need to go home; etc.

They need to go to a school where they feel part of the community.  Herndon is a welcoming community to their immigrants.  I doubt they want to kick them out of Herndon High.[/quote]

So bus the rich kids to poor schools [/quote]

Why?

Schools with a community feel are better for all kids.  [/quote]

Especially if that community has zero farms students. They’re so close, maybe rezoning can get them there[/quote]

Herndon is not close to Langley![/quote]

Right, but it is closer to western GF than Langley and that's the point.  Instead of sectioning off a part of GF to Herndon and then relocating some McLean kids to Langley to help relieve overcrowding at McLean, they moved a couple of Spring Hill neighborhoods off Route 7 outside of Tysons from Longfellow - McLean to Cooper - Langley.

Take a look: https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/SY%202021-22%20High%20School%20Boundaries.pdf
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Why would you move kids from Great Falls who attend an under enrolled high school and move them to an overcrowded school? Just because they are rich? That doesn’t sound fair either. If you did move those GF kids to Herndon, I don’t think that would help the poor kids at Herndon. The only thing it would do is push more kids to private school.  [/quote]

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