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[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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WSHS only offers AP Music Theory every other year, and they have a huge music program.  The past 3 years, they were only able to offer it remotely via Lake Braddock, instead of every other year like they usually offer it, not because of overcrowding, but to save the guitar classes.

Sometimes the schools simply cannot offer the specialized classes or can only offer them remotely, for reasons that have nothing to do with low enrollment like Lewis, or overenrollment like WSHS.[/quote]

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