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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]...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.  [/quote]
Then the kids from Freedom Hill should fit right in.  Freedom Hill is pretty international as well... I believe there are over 70 distinct countries represented by Freedom Hill kids.

[quote]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.  [/quote]
I believe this whole distasteful part of the discussion was in response to the very thinly veiled comments upthread by posters who don't want "those kinds of kids" -with no basis in fact as to what kinds of kids they would be- to attend Lemon Road.

[quote]Lemon Road has a strong community and deserves to be allowed to be part of how that community grows--[/quote]
So we're in agreement that the STUDY should proceed so that those who will be affected can be a part the decision process.  FCPS will be sending home a "backpack" letter that will explain the process and steps from here on out.

http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/freedomlemon/index.shtml
http://www.fcps.edu/fts/planning/freedomlemon/backpackletter.pdf

[quote]not have kids thrust on us because another school doesn't want them.[/quote]
No one at Freedom Hill wants to lose these kids. They are part of the Freedom Hill Family.  I'm sure Freedom Hill would happily take the 8 new classrooms off your hands and keep the kids.[/quote]

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