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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that they need more high schools, but I don't think that separating students out by demographics is the answer.  They need another high school because it is too crowded, and because it is tough for kids to get involved in sports and activities with so many kids enrolled in one school.[/quote]

Agree. [b]And there are many ways to have a second high school and avoid segregation[/b].  Never seen any other jurisdiction insist on keeping all high school students in one overcrowded campus no matter how large enrollment grows. Such a lack of initiative or creativity on ACPS’s part.  I guess their paid private consultants just couldn’t dream anything up.

One single overcrowded campus absolutely magnifies issues and enables the chaos we see at ACHS.  It’s a damn shame.

There is also some good research about the benefits of smaller schools and that this model of gigantic schools is outdated.  The pandemic just further emphasizes this.  What a missed opportunity to “reimagine” things.[/quote]

But there is segregation [b]right now [/b]at ACHS. Why is that acceptable to Alexandrians, parents, students, Hutchings and the school board?  It seems silly to talk about potential segregation at a school that doesn't exist but ignore the segregation that exists at the current school.

Why isn't Hutchings doing more/anything about it? He's literally publishing a book recommending how to manage an anti-racist school district and yet he's not actually doing any of it. [/quote]

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