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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to keeping Lee as a neighborhood school.[/quote]

That's insane.

They can fantasize about redistricting 1700 students, or twice that. But it's not going to actually happen.[/quote]

I really think Lee is just going to lose accreditation and FCPS will just shrug and deal with it. The redistricting proposals were horrible, they make Annandale another Lee in 5-10 years, bring down Hayfield which is already average, and make WS extremely overcrowded even with the expansion. Meanwhile Edison gets another AAP center (SEES), and South County gets Saratoga which it should probably have already, given its proximity. [/quote]

I really hope you’re right.  West Springfield families should NOT be moved to Lee.  It simply wouldn’t be fair when we paid a premium to be in the West Springfield pyramid.   We deserve the schools we paid for.   Those in the Lee pyramid knew what they were getting when they moved there (or at least they should have).[/quote]

But they didn't all pay the premium. Daventry was at Lee just a few years ago. Even some of Hunt Valley was at Lee. The families remaining at Lee, some who have been here a long time, have seen FCPS dismantle it piece by piece, pupil placement by pupil placement - Lee has been screwed every way you look at it. And you want to talk about [u]fair[/u]? Why do you think West Springfield is special and must be protected? Because you paid more for your house? It certainly isn't supposed to work that way. The elitism on this board never ceases to amaze me.[/quote]

They paid more of a premium than anywhere else in the Lee pyramid because those neighborhoods didn’t have to put up with Key MS or any of the terrible ES feeders in the Lee pyramid.  Regardless, anyone else in the Lee pyramid who has bought in the past 20+ years has essentially received a huge discount because of the reputation of the pyramid.  They knew what they were getting.   Don’t come crying to West Springfield telling us we need to be re-zoned to your poor schools because you now have regrets.  [/quote]

As between West Springfield residents thinking they were guaranteed to remain in that high school district and Lee residents thinking FCPS was committed to maintaining quality at each of its high schools, the Lee residents have the far stronger argument. [/quote]

I’d simply call it delusional.  If you haven’t realized that FCPS is perfectly ok with pyramids having high concentrations of poverty and disadvantaged students, you aren’t in touch with reality.  It’s not a new development. [/quote]

As a general matter, FCPS has left boundaries that result in high ESOL/FARMS concentrations alone, as long as the schools still have a lot of kids.

But, back in 2008, when enrollments were smaller, South Lakes had dropped to below 1400 kids and was seeing increasing ESOL/FARMS rates.  FCPS rolled up its sleeves and moved parts of Westfield, Oakton, and Madison to South Lakes.  Now South Lakes has over 2400 kids and higher SAT scores than West Springfield.

People complained, however, and since then FCPS has basically capitulated.  They've moved kids in single-family neighborhoods out of poorer schools like Annandale to wealthier schools like Lake Braddock and Woodson, and let other poor schools with excess capacity like Lee and Mount Vernon continue to slide.  Some may argue this is the new normal, but it's disgraceful, particularly with a School Board that likes to think of itself as forward-looking and a Superintendent who recently appointed a "Chief Academic and [b]Equity[/b] Officer."[/quote]

Who is this new person? I agree. They need to start turning the ship.[/quote]

Scott Brabrand changed Francisco Duran's title from Chief Academic Officer to Chief Academic and Equity Officer, ostensibly to underscore FCPS's commitment to equity.
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