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So, would you be in favor of offering all of the same classes at Lewis that are offered at WSHS, even if the classes are very small, even if it’s only 5 students in a class? Or would you complain that FCPS was “wasting” money on Lewis, “especially when you pay more taxes”?

This is the answer!! Offer the same classes.  [b]Offer online versions [/b]of any languages instead of pupil placement as a language loop hole.  Keep the UMC homes in Lewis and add more!! Focus on Lewis thriving in the next 8 years instead of putting all the odds against them.  Start the buy in in elem. feeder schools, have the arts and sports teams go into the middle school and elem. school to get the kids excited.  Sports teams can host camps on teacher work days where kids can play with the student athletes.  Theater and Music can offer a sing a long.  Simple low lift/low cost ways to build community.  Someone mentioned they have a great Little League community in the lower grades - get a top ranked baseball coach and turn the team around.  It won't happen in one year, but the bones are there if FCPS could just out a little effort into the school instead of turning the other cheek.

I work in an elementary school with a traditionally "poorly received" high school. The HS got a new principal 3 years ago and he immediately started coming to all of the feeder schools several times a year with students. The HS principal comes to almost all of our PTA meetings and community nights so that parents can get to know him YEARS before their kids will be there.  There have been some growing pains and it has not always been smooth, but in only 3 years the HS stats are SO different. [/quote]

On the part in bold: NO! If FCPS is not going to populate Lewis, then it needs to offer in-person classes for every class that is at neighboring schools, even if there is a teacher for just 1-2 students. Think that’s wasteful? Then change the boundaries to ensure Lewis is as populated as the nearby schools. If people don’t want Lewis kids in their schools, then they need to offer EVERY opportunity at Lewis because the kids who are at Lewis shouldn’t get screwed in the meantime.[/quote]

It must be odd to feel like you’re the center of everyone’s universe. [/quote]

Sorry I wasn’t clear - I’m not a Lewis parent and I don’t live in the Lewis zone. I’m just a taxpayer who is upset at how the Lewis community has been shortchanged.[/quote]

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