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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been hearing parents in affluent schools say on here for years basically “I got mine and screw you.” Well, my family is educated and loves our kids and nonetheless lives on the wrong side of town and sends our [b]kids to an average school [/b]with plenty of poor kids.

So, with this new adversity score, I say... “I got mine and screw you.”[/quote]

Well, what counts as "average" for the adversity index?  In FCPS, there are school pyramids and neighborhoods that many consider "average" or below average, but would SAT consider the neighborhood addresses "adverse" if the homes cost $500K+?  Are you really going to get a boost from this just b/c your kid goes to a school with 35% FARMS, but you (and your child) live in the not-poor part of the school boundary?

I'm thinking about kids who go to West Potomac or Edison or South Lakes or Herndon -- yeah, the schools are not coveted by many, and the schools are diverse, but then you could be one of the people who live in $400K-$1mil. homes that feed into those schools.  So, how do they figure the "adversity score"?[/quote]

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