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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm concerned about programs that will end up draining higher-achieving kids from Wakefield. So I'll support whatever program seems least likely to do that. I think that might be early college program? Meh.

--W-L parent[/quote]

This is the stupidest logic in the world. First, why would restrict choice only at Wakefield? How is penalizing kids in South Arlington making the system "more equitable"? Second, if a child is not going thrive in a larger comprehensive environment, then eliminating smaller alternatives isn't going to help Wakefield and isn't going to help the student; it's setting up everyone to lose. And finally, it completely allows the county to continue to avoid facing any problem that may or may not exist at any of the comprehensive schools.[/quote]

PP here. JFC, no. No one is talking about restricting choice at Wakefield or penalizing S. Arlington kids. What I'm suggesting is that choice programs that attract the highest-achieving students will have the most deleterious effect on Wakefield, which has a smaller share of these students to begin with. And that's what I believe the problem is at Wakefield--a concentration of students from lower income homes who tend to be lower-achieving. Pulling off the most high-achieving of students at Wakefield only makes the concentration there worse--THAT is what would penalize kids in South Arlington. That is what would be setting up everyone to lose. We need programs that will not drain these students from Wakefield. In fact, that would be facing the problem. (This is not an issue at the other high schools because they are not facing the same income demographics. Seems odd that I would have to point this out to some PPs.)

If we are going to create more county-wide choice programs, IMO we should create programs that tend to pull from a lower-income demographic. That could help to balance the demographics at Wakefield.[/quote]

Or move I-B to Wakefield. [/quote]

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