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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you in the Lee HS district? We have the same concerns. We love our house, neighborhood, commute, proximity to shopping and entertainment, everything - except the high school.

We don't plan to move, and will likely take our chances with Lee HS, but are doing our research on private schools and even homeschool options.

Many parents in our neighborhood are doing the same - or moving when the kids near HS age.
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It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. The more middle-class or upper middle-class families moved or transferred their students out of Lee the lower the scores sank. This has not been a handful of moves or transfers, but [u]hundreds[/u]. Going forward, if people kept their students at Lee you would see a quick turn around in the scores. They won't ever be as high as Langley or West Springfield because the demographics won't support that, but they would certainly improve from where they are now. FCPS allowed this to happen through poor boundary management (the last two boundary changes to affect Lee took wealthy students out of the school) and through its liberal pupil placement policy.

Lee is the smallest high school in FCPS so there are many opportunities for students to participate. If your student is motivated then they will do fine at any FCPS school. Your student's individual scores may greatly exceed the Lee average as my students did (and I wish he was a little bit more motivated). [/quote]

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