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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One Lewis mom is complaining that the school won't get any new kids in this process and want some students from other schools sent there immediately. So maybe those Rolling Valley kids will stay at WSHS.

Also, Reid said they're going to look at stopping transfers out of Lewis. Maybe getting rid of IB? She didn't say.[/quote]

I wouldn't say she's complaining. She was advocating for her school that the school board is turning it's back on. Nothing is being done to fix Lewis now. That's a serious problem. The school is severely unenrolled and no one is doing anything.[/quote]

Didn’t Lewis get a Distinguished rating?[/quote]

Yes.  Reid made sure that got mentioned tonight. [/quote]

That is awesome- go Lewis!  You know what is nice about the VDOE new site is that it says the per pupil spending per school.  For example Oakton is around 16K per kid while Lewis is at 20K per kid.  I am in favor of this and glad money is going to schools that need it.  That said, I am opposed to moving kids around like money just to “help” out. [/quote]

From my understanding the issue with Lewis at least is that the school is so underenrolled that it doesn’t have enough kids for clubs/sports/music/advanced classes. 
So yes in this case changing the boundaries to move more kids into that school will definitely help out. I don’t think stopping transfers out will be enough based on the discussion at the meeting last night and it seems like no one is transferring in to Lewis.

We have many overcrowded schools in the county. Surely something could have been done to ease crowding at a nearby school and fix underenrollment at Lewis.

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The issue is not that the school is too underenrolled for those things.

Lewis is bigger than most of our private schools that have robust arts, sports, and advanced programs.

The issue is the student body at Lewis as a whole is less interested in things like orchestra or certain sports, or less prepared for advanced classes.

You could put Robinson enrollment at the same size as Lewis, and it would have enough interest to have robust sports, arts and challenging academics.[/quote]

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