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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Corbett Sanders is such a joke.  If she's so concerned that moving McLean kids to Langley won't transform Langley overnight into a much higher FARMS school, why isn't she objecting to the plan to build an addition at West Potomac [b]so wealthy white kids in HER district don't have to go to Mount Vernon[/b]?

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There are hundreds of open seats at Mt. Vernon and the CIP shows that continuing for a number of years. There is no reason not to move students from West Potomac to Mt. Vernon. After all, capacity is king (watch the work session). They are even right next to each other so proximity is not a factor. If Corbett Sanders won't do what is a very obvious move, why should she expect other School Board members to be open to changes?

You can tell they are delaying as long as possible on making any decisions. They boxed themselves in with the OneFairfax policy that they don't really want to implement. I think the staff has done good work on this and Brabrand was clearly getting frustrated. The staff provided the top factors for school success relative to school boundaries and attempted to line them up with OneFairfax. Now that looks like it might mean changes they don't want to make. Hypocrisy at its finest.

I don't think this policy would mean they start making changes just to balance socioeconomics, but when boundaries do come up for review (for overcrowding, falling enrollment, or other reasons), then you do look at making changes that will help and not hurt schools - see what happened to Annandale as an example.

I think it is pretty simple. Where there is an issue such as overcrowding or falling enrollment, you need to look at moving students in such a way that you don't exacerbate F/R lunch numbers (and hopefully may even lower them at schools where they are high). And clearly you don't want to bus students across the county, but if it helps to balance things by creating a few islands and busing students 6 miles vs. 3 miles, that should not be a big deal (particularly at the middle and high school levels). If students can ride a bus all the way from the Loudoun County border to Langley, then I think we can find a few bus loads of less well off kids and send them there as well.

Just don't hold your breath for any real change.

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