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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sometimes it's not about social engineering b/c the logistics (housing, dividing roadways, existing school zones, proximity, and future HS pyramid assignments) dictate a reasonable rezoning plan.

You are right that LJMS will be proportionally more ESOL and FARMS.  These kids were there from the beginning, and LJ just lost some of its middle income kids who weren't ESOL/FARMS.  So, it's not as though FCPS added ESOL/FARMS kids to LJ.

That said, sometimes there are logical reasons to pull one set of kids to another school that has nothing to do with trying to drive one school down or bring one school up.  It is a secondary consequence -- that LJ is going to be more ESOL/FARMS.... but that is also a product of the types of housing that is built closest to the school facility.

I understand that in almost every decision, there are some people who feel like they got a better deal and some people who feel like they got a worse deal.  I feel for you if you are a middle income household that is still zoned for LJMS.... but, it's not like LJ was that great before (in the gen ed side).  You are mostly getting what you bought into.  The people who got a windfall are those who used to be zoned for LJ and now are zoned for TMS.

Objectively speaking -- if you believe every kid is capable of success given the right conditions -- it has to be a net gain for the ESOL/FARMS kids at LJ to have more space and have more attention from the administration.  [/quote]

Thank-you, this is the sanest and most logical post on this thread.[/quote]

Not really. [b]Kids want to get settled in with their high school cohort[/b], so they will jump ship. Nothing to do with the current school. [/quote]

That is exactly the reason why the school board couldn't take a different group OUT of LJ -- it would have separated a group of FCHS kids out from their "high school cohort."

That said, those who choose TMS for AAP are often doing it to stay with or get connected to their HS cohort IF they are ultimately going on to Madison.  For those in the Oakton HS pyramid, most will continue to choose Jackson b/c they are coming from Mosby Woods and they don't see the gen ed MW kids as their HS cohort.  They see the other AAP kids from Mosby as their people.  For OES, it's a different equation b/c it is smaller and the AAP kids are more integrated (given that it is just one class of AAP and even before this, 1/2 of them were going to TMS).  Those kids will likely stick with their OES peers and go to TMS.  But, most of the MWES AAP kids (not all, but most) will still go to LJ.  Many think they have a shot at TJ and want the center benefits (or perceived benefits).  But, mainly, they don't think of themselves as having much in common with the "high school cohort" that is now rezoned to TMS.  And if they get into TJ (as many hope), then connecting to OHS people has no purpose.

In short, for OES AAP kids, the cohort connection (from elem school) trumps the AAP connection.
For the MWES kids (in general), the AAP connection trumps the high school cohort connection.  [/quote]

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