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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I worked at Lee years ago. I always felt safe and had hard working, motivated students in my classes as well as unmotivated students. The biggest issue was attendance. Many students would not come to school and it was the norm to miss significant amounts with both ESOL and non ESOL students.

I would not send my own children there. I have experienced general ed and honors classes at Lee and at other schools. The standards and rigor are not the same.  [/quote]

This sounds like an argument to close Lee. How can FCPS allow this to continue to spiral downward unless the whole reason is to soak up the poor kids so they don't affect the other schools?[/quote]

I think that’s exactly the reason why FCPS allows the downward spiral to continue. I wonder what percentage of Lee HS parents are eligible to vote (i.e. US citizens) vs parents at West Springfield? If parents don’t (or can’t) vote, elected officials will ignore them.[/quote]

West Springfield has nothing to do with Lee.[/quote]

You miss my point entirely! To put it in simple terms that a child can understand - if parents vote, their school will get attention and resources. If parents don’t vote, elected officials will assume that the parents don’t care or lack political power. So, their schools will get less.

West Springfield parents vote. Lee parents don’t. So, which school do you think the School Board is keeping as the “better” school?[/quote]

I posted about working there. People always are quick to talk about voting, involved parents and funding. Money was not the issue. I had supplies and resources. The teachers worked very hard but so many kids did not consistently attend school. Forget about having them come outside of school hours for extra help or remediation. IMHO curriculum became watered down because we were only looking at SOLs and always trying to catch up those who were not there.  There was not a lot of time for enrichment. I did teach some very hard working students who went above and beyond. There were some involved parents, both who spoke English and some who did not. [/quote]

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