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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see no one has refuted the “full of rich kids” statement. [/quote]

Fair number.

Is that supposed to be a bad thing?[/quote]

DP: It's just a feature for OP to know.  They can decide whether they want that or not.[/quote]

There was a spectrum of low-income students last year:

Annandale - 66.6%
Justice - 65.8%
Lewis - 63.1%
Mount Vernon - 60.1%
Falls Church - 58.1%
Herndon - 50.0%
West Potomac - 47.0%
Edison 41.3%
Centreville - 32.7%
Hayfield - 32.7%
South Lakes - 32.2%
Fairfax 31.9%
Westfield - 31.8%
South County - 25.2%
Marshall - 23.1%
Chantilly 20.8%
Lake Braddock - 18.9%
West Springfield - 16.8%
Woodson - 14.9%
Robinson - 14.0%
[b]Oakton - 13.9%[/b]
Madison - 11.9%
McLean - 11.7%
TJ - 7.7%
Langley 3.4%[/quote]

How ever will Oakton survive...checks notes...a F/R lunch rate 17% below the county average and less than one fourth of the rates of the highest schools?

Sarcasm over, but let's put this another way. At Oakton there are 6 non-poor students for every poor student (6 to 1). At Justice there is one non-poor student for every two poor students (1 to 2). Add on that the ESOL factor and you can start to imagine the challenge the poorer schools are facing.

And this is relatively new to FCPS - getting much worse over the last 15 years and spreading to more schools. No reason to expect improvement in the foreseeable future.[/quote]

The challenges don’t go away by dispersing the poor students.  Please explain how you think busing poor kids from Bailey’s Crossroads to Oakton will improve their educational outcomes.  At Justice many of the poorest kids live within walking distance of the school. [/quote]

Actually, it does help students and schools to keep the F/R lunch rate at a reasonable rate. FCPS actually has a study to this point. And there are cases where FCPS made the situation worse or ignores opportunities to ameliorate the problem: Lewis - West Springfield, Annandale - Lake Braddock/ Woodson, Herndon - Langley, perhaps Falls Church - Madison/Marshall. They even blew off an opportunity to send a few poorer students to Langley a short time ago.

We could build more low-income apartments in the wealthier areas - fairly spread the burden. How about that?[/quote]

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