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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Again, people conflate school location with community as if the school boundary lines are solid delineators, as if they are and have been the gospel that is correct as is which defines communities. I won't deny that school boundaries and neighborhoods are intertwined, but adjusting boundaries is hardly tearing communities apart. Nobody is forced to leave their home. What do Woodson families west of Ffx County Parkway share in community with Woodson families bordering 4-95, other than high SES?

The benefit is that teachers of one school pyramid don't have to do all the hard work of teaching ELL learners, it's as simple as that.[/quote]

But, your suggestion does break up neighborhoods.  It's not that the school is one big neighborhood--but the neighborhoods flow into one another.  Obviously, because of the requirements of the City of Fairfax, that is not always the case, but one neighborhood does flow into another.  Sure the two far boundaries may have little in common--but they do have something in common with neighborhoods near them.  Youth sports are an example.

As for your comment relating to the ELL learners.  Most of the ELL learners at Herndon High live in Herndon-Unlike the wealthier community across Leesburg Pike that you long for. That's pretty significant.  They live in the Town of Herndon or right on the borderline.  You are suggesting that you take kids who are very near Herndon High and ship them away because they are FARMS.  That makes no sense.  As for the "hard work of teaching ELL learners," it would also mean duplicating resources, and it would be an injustice to the kids who would be sent away and greatly contribute to truancy.  These are people who do not have the resources to provide transportation for their kids.  Do you know what it costs to drive on the DTR?

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