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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]DP. It's a false dichotomy intended to distract.[/quote]

No.  It is a valid question.  Seems some people on here have lost sight of why we have schools.  They seem to think that shifting kids around will improve their education.[/quote]

Yeah, God forbid more poor kids have the opportunity to take language or math classes at the wealthier schools that their schools don't offer.  
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DP.  What classes are offered at "wealthier" schools that are not offered at other schools?  Be specific.[/quote]you have to look school to school. Classes have to have a minimum  number of students to sign up to be able to have them.  As a result, in schools where there are a higher % of students taking multiple APs, there will be more offered and more classes of each. When you have more classes of each, it makes it much easier to schedule.  Same with language classes, if you have more students taking them, the school can support a variety of languages to offer.  Size matter too, the larger schools have an advantage too.

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So why don't more students sign up for classes in their current schools?[/quote]

Some schools have fewer students than others.  Obviously FCPS favors Langley when they expand the school to accommodate almost 2400 kids when it's one of the most under-enrolled schools in the least convenient locations in the county, and then starts moving kids there to fill seats that should have been built elsewhere.

And if you're asking why more students at poorer schools aren't signing up for the classes that have multiple sessions at Langley, it's a function of the education the kids are getting before they arrive as freshmen at Langley.  But it creates a vicious cycle where parents of higher-achieving kids hear that their kids may not be able to arrange their class schedules at other schools to get into the classes they'd like to take, and so they move into certain pyramids where that's less likely to be a barrier.

The privilege hoarding in FCPS, especially in one pyramid, is very real.  [/quote]

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