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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After watching the meeting on YouTube, there is a familiar dynamic at work.

White, seemingly-UMC women zoned to Herndon stood up to advocate for more boundary changes based on equity. They were the women who stood up and clamored that the school board didn’t go big enough. Meanwhile, a POC mom from the area stood up to argue that they shouldn’t move Coates kids to Herndon Elementary, even though the school has capacity.

It’s just a really stark reminder that the people pushing for the larger boundary moves are often at odds with POC in those very communities.

As Marcia St. John Cunning mentioned the other night at the school board meeting, her area told her that they don’t want people at their school if they don’t want to be there.

There is a fundamental disconnect between the UMC whites in these areas, and the people who they claim to be trying to “help” with larger boundary changes.[/quote]

Speaking directly about Marcia St John Cunning and Lewis - many Lewis pyramid parents spoke during the meeting about feeling the inequity at Lewis. One parent mentioned that fewer students at the school means less opportunities and named specific examples about classes and clubs being cancelled as a direct result of low enrollment. Something that changing boundaries to add more students to the school could directly resolve. 
And I don’t see how being a POC matters for that statement, but yes we are a POC family and I fully agree with the Lewis parents 
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Questions:  Did any address IB?  If they really want more kids, would that not be a place to start?   Well over 200 kids transferring out--and that excludes the ones going to TJ.[/quote]

It’s the big elephant in the room, but they just won’t admit that having so many IB schools is a failure.

You could turn around Lewis and give it a FARMS rate and enrollment comparable to other schools (still on the smaller side but you could get it to 2000-2200) by: giving it a nice renovation, moving in Bren Mar Park from Edison to boost enrollment and relieve Edison, start MS AAP at Key, move Saratoga ES AAP to Springfield Estates and Key instead of Lorton Station and Lake Braddock, and dumping IB for a full slate of AP classes. I’d also add some kind of elective program that’s not the weirdly vague “leadership academy.”

There are nice homes and areas in Springfield. The Saratoga neighborhoods have basically exactly the same housing stock as West Springfield, with 3 bedroom 3 level TH’s for families and 3/4 bedroom SFH in quiet neighborhoods. The areas around Backlick and Amherst and heading toward Lake Accotink have older but still decent brick SFH and some teardowns and  redevelopment. Springfield is convenient to shopping and transit. Everyone comes to Springfield to shop and it’s never felt like, wow better make sure my doors and windows are locked, but I do sometimes feel like that driving down Rt. 1. [/quote]

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