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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is that there are not many kids who can handle rigor at Herndon. Therefore, there are not as many AP classes and not as much variety to boot. Less clubs, weaker athletics. It is an unfortunate reality and FCPS should really consider boundary changes that help with equity.[/quote]

Could you explain why boundary changes would help with equity?[/quote]

Good question.  
1. It is not going to make lower achieving kids achieve more.
2. It is going to make the School Board happy because it will cover up the problems.

It is true that more AP classes can be offered where there are more high achieving students.  However, I would like someone to show me where Herndon does not have enough AP classes.  Pretty sure they have plenty of them.

FWIW, just because a school offers more AP classes does not mean that every kid who wants to take AP Basket Weaving can get into that class.  It might be full.
Different schools offer different world languages for different reasons.  All languages are not offered at any one school.  Some may have more choices than others, but they may not have the one your child desires to take.

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Don’t let the course catalog on the Herndon High website fool you. If only 10 kids want to take a class, they will drop it. Also, if a small number of kids want a class, there may only be one offered at a specific time that may conflict with another important class. Less variation, less options. Evening out the FARMs kids would help everyone. [/quote]

How do you even out the FARMs kids? What percentage of the FARMs kids live closer to another HS then Herndon? There are a good number of low income families that live closest to Herndon High, you are not going to move those kids to other schools. So how do you propose to deal with the poverty issue at the school? [/quote]

As long as a boundary as ridiculously gerrymandered as Woodson's exists, then anything can be done. There is a multitude of ways that a chunk of Herndon's boundary could be given to Langley and exchanged for a chunk of that prime Great Falls real estate. Just use Woodson's boundary as a model for a reaching arm.

It's indefensible.[/quote]

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