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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The regular redistrictings as of the past used to work when all the schools had generally similar programs.  Now some schools have AP, but others IB; some schools have Academies, but others don’t; some have great extra-curricular programs in some areas, but not others, etc.  These differences invite parents to focus intensely on schools when deciding where to buy or rent, and make people more resistant to change.

They will hit a brick wall if they try to do a county-wide redistricting that, for example, includes booting people out of AP schools into IB schools (or in some cases vice versa). [/quote]

Then they would acting like there are multiple school systems when FCPS is a single system. Are you advocating for a tiered system? If so, then there should be school choice.[/quote]

I’m arguing that trying to redistrict at the county-wide level without greater consistency among academic and extra-curricular programs is probably an insurmountable challenge.  Loudoun redistricts frequently, and with relatively little backlash, because the schools are generally similar to each other, as was the case in Fairfax through the 1980s. I don’t think FCPS can pull it off now without big changes in school programs. [/quote]
One option would be to create more magnet-type schools.  Like an east, central, and west TJHSST in different parts of the county so parents across the county, no matter what pyramid they are zoned for, have an opportunity to send academically gifted kids to a school with curriculum / classs that are geared for those gifted student populations.

I think that might address some of the present challenges to redistricting where parents across various school districts oppose changes that could potentially bring less academically focused families and children into their schools, believing that it will impact the academic performance of their schools (which they paid more to be zoned for).[/quote]

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