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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The boundaries of schools are based on politics as much as geography - especially with so many high schools in close proximity, like Lake Braddock, West Springfield, Lee, Edison, and Hayfield. Lower SES students used to be spread among the schools, but are now concentrated at Lee. It’s not by coincidence.[/quote]

With the exception of Daventry, the coincidence is real estate patterns. Not school board zoning.[/quote]

Daventry parents are mainly citizens who VOTE, so they got what they wanted - inclusion in West Springfield. Other areas (Saratoga ES?) have more parents who are not citizens and can’t vote, therefore they remain at Lee HS although they are geographically closer to South County. It’s ALL politics! Who holds the power gets the attention.[/quote]

You are wrong.

Parents who value education have been moving out of the zone for a while, which brings down real estate prices, which gives poorer and recent immigrant families the opportunity to afford single family homes within the beltway, with relatively better commutes and in a more or less safe area.

They need to work on getting at least a LLIV program at Key and more AP classes so more kids will choose to stay.[/quote]

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