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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you guys really so afraid that a couple apartment complexes and some very nice townhomes are going to ruin your kids education because the kids coming in will not be all white upper/middle class?

Have you no faith in the teachers? the administration? your own child's ability to learn??
Are you afraid that your kids might have friends that don't look like them, or are (god forbid) bilingual?

Lemon Road has been significantly under capacity for at least 10 years and has been surrounded by overcrowded elementary schools for at least 5. Yes, some people bought homes zoned for it because of the small school size, but really, it was just a matter of time before there was a redistricting.

If you're really so afraid of your shiny white school being tarnished, Northern VA really isn't the right place for you anyway. [/quote]

I think that you need to check your facts.  Lemon Road has never been exclusively white upper/middle class.  In fact, it is quite ethically economically diverse.  My kids have friends ( and family) from all over the world that actually speak 3 or 4 languages.

As far as Lemon Road being under capacity for at least 10 yrs, this is a false statement.  It has only been trending downwards in enrollment over the last 3 or 4 yrs.  Pupil placement has been an option for many years and many families have taken the opportunity to send their children to Lemon Road because their schools were over crowded.  It has been an option that ALL families in the area had the opportunity to take advantage of.  Often these students have learning disabilities that their base school can not address appropriately.  The come to Lemon Road and thrive.  [/quote]

...sand many,many of the out-of-bounds and in-bounds kids are also not "shiny white."  If you'd ever stepped inside Lemon Road you would see it's diversity.  Look to the right and see a flag of all the countries represented.  I don't remember the exact number but the principal likes to brag about the number of language groups spoken at Lemon Road and it's in a the dozens.  Not bad for a very small school!  What's more our International Night is so popular that many of the "native" kids felt that the US needed a table or two.  I bet you don't see that at many schools.  At math tech night there is always a wall where kids can write the numbers in as many languages as they can and it fills up completely. International families are actually drawn to Lemon Road because of its diversity and inclusiveness.  So please don't go accusing the school of racist slants.  Nothing could be farther from the truth.  Obviously you are grasping at straws to justify this miscarriage of justice.  Lemon Road has a strong community and deserves to be allowed to be part of how that community grows--not have kids thrust on us because another school doesn't want them.[/quote]

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