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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They're good kids at Lewis. People here keep talking about closing the school, how bad it is, etc., but please remember these are kids who love their friends and community just like all other kids across FCPS.

We've found the teachers to be dedicated and caring. Our child is doing well academically, and I've found the school works hard to ensure students succeed -- and I mean hard. The teachers are super engaged with the parents and the students.

Our child has goals for school leadership positions that, statistically, are more attainable at Lewis -- for there are benefits to smaller schools. [/quote]

How sweet for you . Sounds like we have similar values.  Except my kid will be the one moving in the middle of her high school career. So that community feeling,  and those leadership positions will not be available to her.

It will be hard to engage me because I will be mad at the school and FCPS. I  will also be exhausted from my commute down 395 everyday and the last thing I will want to do is cross the 12 lanes of traffic in the mixing bowl again when I could be going 25 down neighborhood roads to get to my kids school. [/quote]

Lewis mom here, and sending you hugs. At the heart of everything, we want to see our kids happy and in school communities they love. I totally get it.
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White UMC parent who lives in an undesirable pyramid where my high performing kids thrived.

I agree that we have a completely different viewpoint here - we already put our money where our mouths are by keeping our kids in undesirable pyramid when we could have moved/paid more for a better district. We are lucky that it paid off and there is no chance our kids will get redistricted out of an under enrolled school. So, easy for us to tell you about how great our experience has been and the benefits of attending these schools.

Parents in neighborhoods that seem ripe for redistricting are rightly concerned - it is possible to both want what is best for our own kids and also acknowledge that there are inequities in our public schools.  Uncertainty is awful. [/quote]

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