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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a FARMS kids and I can tell you first hand that the idea of having me sit on a long bus ride out of my neighborhood for the privilege of attending school with higher income kids is offensive.  Do people really think that poor kids sit in class and think that they are somehow lucky and should be thankful they were given the opportunity?  No, they sit there awkwardly aware that they are thought of as inferior to others by their peers.

Stop with the UMC savior mentality and give low-income kids what they need.  Support and successful role models who show them all the possibilities for the future right their in their own schools.  [/quote]

Either you've made that story up, or you're missing the point entirely. It isn't about sending poor kids to bask in the presence of UMC kids. It's about providing equal academic and enrichment opportunities at all schools. Low-SES schools cannot offer what high-SES schools offer as far as higher level courses and after-school activities, in part because the concentration of poverty and ELL is so high that the student population isn't enough to support holding those classes or activities. It is not anybody's fault, nor are we blaming ELL students that must be served. But it is an issue when kids in a region can't "track" into particular courses because they aren't even offered, or can't join a debate team because there aren't enough kids interested. This should be possible without resorting to pupil placement.

It's solely FCPS's mismanagement of facilities and logistics that has led to these wide discrepancies in population across the county. 
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1.  [b]Replace the School Board next yea[/b]r.  They are hypocrites who make a difficult situation worse.

2.  Don't sweat the fact that not every school is the exact same.  Focus on what is not available at your school that is available elsewhere, figure out why that is the case, and insist on a respectable floor/baseline at every school.  Maybe that means you need to step in and become a sponsor of an extra-curricular activity yourself in some cases.  Beyond that you run the risk of dragging everyone down in a fruitless quest for parity that will just turn into a race to the bottom.[/quote]

Not a chance if the nut-jobs on display from the Republicans are the alternative. [/quote]

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