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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps a school closer to Lake Braddock could be moved to accommodate Saratoga? Or perhaps Saratoga should be moved to South County, which is also in the Mt. Vernon district- so that would make sense for voting representation.  I think Saratoga voters are trying to garner attention to the fact that the current system is broken. Saratoga doesn't really belong at Lee because Lee is not their "neighborhood" school, but it's up to FCPS to figure out who does. It's going to have a domino effect, but it needs to occur. A lot of issues were never resolved during the South County HS opening.
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Well, that won't happen. The Lake Braddock neighborhoods closer to Lee have a close association with the Burke area.

I don't see any compelling reason to move Saratoga out of Lee, and I would be extremely surprised to see any significant support on the School Board for doing so. Just because you've discovered you're zoned for a school with comparatively poor test scores doesn't mean the system is broken. [/quote]

No the PP, but I didn't "suddenly discover" anything.  I knew exactly what I was getting when I bought my home in Saratoga several years ago.  That doesn't change the fact that kids in the Saratoga neighborhood have to cross the FFX County Pkwy, the Franconia-Springfield Pkwy, and Interstate 95 to attend the MS and HS to which they're zoned when there are multiple MS and HS's closer to them or the fact that they neighborhood is represented by elected officials that do not represent the rest of the Lee HS pyramid (with the exception of State Delegate Vivian Watts, I believe).  Personally, I don't think Key and Lee are as bad as a lot of people make them out to be and I wouldn't be afraid to send my kids there in the least, but I wouldn't mind better representation of my neighborhood's interests than I currently have.   [/quote]

People cross major roads elsewhere. Kids in the Edsall Park neighborhood have to cross both 395 and 495 to get to Edison. Kids in Merrifield cross both 66 and 495 to get to Marshall.  Some in Falls Church cross both 66 and the Dulles Toll Road to get to McLean. Kids in Mason Neck cross over 95 to get to South County.  And so on.  The Saratoga neighborhood is by no means uniquely burdened in this regard.[/quote]

Where did you learn how to count?  Let me help you.  395 + 495 = 2; 66 + 495 = 2; 66 + DTR = 2; 95 = 1. FFX Pkwy + F-S Pkwy + 95 = 3.  3 >2 >1, right?  Regardless, there may be other neighborhoods in FCPS where students are required to cross 3 major pkwy/interstates to get to school - I don't know.  That doesn't make it a good thing or one where you can fault a neighborhood to advocate to be served by schools that are not so geographically isolated from their neighborhood or their elected representatives.        [/quote]

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