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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8 of 25 high schools in FCPS are IB, but 5 of bottom 6 in SATs are IB.

Annandale 1520
Falls Church 1510
Edison 1498
Stuart 1489
Lee 1476
Mount Vernon 1387[/quote]

They're the poorest schools in the county.

Schools like Marshall are definitely doing something right. Schools with moderate percentages of FARMS that are rising above, are clearly teaching well.

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They are not located in bad areas though geographically. We should be asking why are those schools so poor and what can we do to change that.[/quote]

In 2005 the School Board moved a number of relatively wealthy, white students out of Lee when South County opened. Only some of those went to South County while a larger group managed to get moved to West Springfield. F/R lunch rate went from 27% to 40% as those kids phased out over three years. F/R lunch rate has continued to climb every since. Daventry got moved to West Springfield in 2015 - also a relatively wealthy neighborhood. Then you add many transfers (more than 150 in 2015) using the pupil placement policy and you start to see how Lee ended up so poor (most of those pupil placements probably do not qualify for F/R lunch). New residents have been avoiding Lee because of low test scores. At some point, probably around the 40-45% F/R lunch number and decreasing test scores, Lee crossed a point of no return. Be wary of letting it happen at other schools - Herndon and West Potomac come to mind.

I place the blame for Lee's situation at the feet of the School Board. Good luck getting them to take any action - I have tried. [/quote]

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