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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone chime in and play devil’s advocate, from the school board’s perspective, how is this boundary shift supposed to benefit the students? [/quote]

They believe that by reducing split feeders and attendance islands, that school attendance will improve. Especially in lower income areas. If a kid in a low income apartment complex misses the bus, they might not have another way to get to school. But if they lived close enough, they could at least walk. And that parent participation/involvement/sense of community will increase if all the kids are attending their closest schools. Again, this is more an issue in the lower SES areas.[/quote]

Agree that is important.  Please tell me which low income areas do not go to the closest schools.  I've seen equity supporters on here suggest busing low income areas to schools that are further away in the name of "equity."[/quote]

It’s more an issue in the eastern part of the county. There are two attendance islands in low income areas that I can think of off the top of my head - Hagel Cir. In Lorton is currently bused across 95 to attend Halley and [b]another complex on Rt. 1 is currently bussed past numerous other schools and across Rt. 1 to attend Fort Hunt. The initial round of proposals fixed both of these islands. [/b]There may be others, I don’t know off hand.

I see the value of kids attending their closest schools, but I don’t think these moves are going to be as impactful as the board was thinking/hoping. It does remove a transportation barrier but ultimately, cultural barriers are also at play. [/quote]

No, the proposal to move the Rt. 1 attendance island does not fix the island.  The students who live in the apartment complex, Creekside, are currently bused across Rt. 1 to Ft. Hunt elementary, then Sandburg and then West Potomac.  Those students live within walking distance to Mount Vernon Woods Elementary, which feeds into Whitman and Mount Vernon.  Instead of moving the kids to MV Woods, Thru is proposing sending them to Hybla Valley and then Sandburg and West Potomac.  It makes ZERO sense other than you are keeping the kids in the same pyramid they're currently attending.  The students will have to be bused to middle school and high school either way - it's too far to walk to Whitman (Whitman is 100% bused to begin with) and it's too far to walk to MV.  BUT they can walk to MV Woods.[/quote]

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