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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it wouldn't matter if Lewis was AP or IB. Switch to AP, and parents will pupil place to an IB school -- probably Edison. Keep it IB, and parents will switch to the closest AP school -- probably Hayfield.

It doesn't matter.

And I don't think stopping transfers is enough to really make a different in the Lewis population size.

In the meantime, Lewis borders two schools that are over capacity (WSHS and Edison). The very simply solution would be to re-do boundaries for more equal student population sizes.[/quote]

And no one wants to move to Lewis. Did you watch the recent boundary meeting? No one wants to move to the school with a small cohort of college bound kids and the larger social issues that come with a high FARMs population. Call it what you will, people don't wnat to go there. Parents will fight it tooth and nail.

They could make Lewis and Mt Vernon into VoTech schools/ESOL schools that would provide career training and language training that would be helpful to the studetns at those schools. A strong VoTech school would probably draw in kids who are not interested in college, especially if they are able to earn certifications that would help them when they finish HS. They would still have the traditional HS classes, they could even offer AP classes but their would be a better set of electives and classes that meet the needs of a population that is currently attending the school. [/quote]

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