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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you've followed these threads, these boundary changes have been described at times as the "Great Reset."

I think that is what Reid and the School Board want.  They want to make so many changes that anyone who objects will just be part of the noise (thereby canceling each other out); they want to change the demographics at some schools so much that the historic reputations of some schools will be rendered meaningless; and they want to make grandfathering impossible, so that kids will be shell-shocked and families will be sent the clear message that their preferences count for nothing and that Reid and the School Board are in charge.  "If you don't like it, you can leave (see PP today), but don't expect us to let you get in our way."[/quote]

What is the meaning of "historic reputation" in the context of FCPS's public schools? It's not like there is any selectivity for students to be allowed attend. Only TJHSST and private schools have a claim to a reputation of selective standards that makes any real sense. The rest only amounts to chitchat amongst neighbors.[/quote]

Many schools besides TJ have a well earned reputation for excellence, built over years, and others do not. You can pretend, as Reid and most on the School Board wish to do, that schools (apart from TJ) are completely fungible, but all they’ll end up doing is further diminishing the FCPS brand.

You’ll keep cheering them on, because you’re hoping for a possible upgrade at someone else’s expense, but they’re shrinking the FCPS pie just as rapidly as Trump is destroying the American economy. [/quote]

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