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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here --- so is there a problem day to day with over-crowding at LJMS?  Same question with OHS?

And given that roughly 45 % of LJMS is FARMS -- and we might assume that that number is artificially suppressed for the non-AAP population b/c of the presence of the AAP kids who are probably not 45% farms --- what effect (if any) does that have on the non-farms kids who are NOT AAP at LJMS?  ARe they in a subschool that is in effect 70% FARMS?  Does that affect expectations and behavior?  [/quote]

By some measures, Jackson is the most crowded middle school in the county right now, and Oakton is the second most crowded high school.  There are seven GenEd classrooms in trailers at Jackson and nine at Oakton.

As for your second question, Jackson is 40.23% FARMS this year, and 333 of its 1389 students are in AAP.  My guess is that the FARMS percentage in the AAP program is roughly 10%.  If you do the math, it suggests the FARMS percentage for the GenEd population is roughly 50%, not 70%. You'll have to draw your own conclusions as to the correlation between lower incomes, expectations and behavior.  Just because children qualify for FARMS doesn't mean they behave poorly or that expectations are low for those children. In many cases, their parents are immigrants who came here to secure a better future for their children.  But they may have limited English skills and not know how to navigate the system in the same way as other parents.

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