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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly the best solution is probably to not try and backfill all of Westfield. 2000 students is fine.[/quote]

Are you at Westfield? Have you figured out how many teachers would get destaffed and how many electives Westfield would lose if it went down to 2000?  Why do you think Meren is trying to protect South Lakes? [/quote]

There will be plenty of electives.  And, plenty of teachers.  Unlikely any will be destaffed when you consider those who apply to transfer or retire.

And, just because there are electives, does not mean your child will get into the class.  My DD had to make choices because she wanted two electives that were only taught once and they were at the same time.  This happens.  Two_years in a row, she had to make choices--at Chantilly--which, FYI--is a very large school.[/quote]

This is nonsense. You need a certain number of MC and UMC kids at a school in order to offer a reasonable number of elective and advanced/AP courses. That depends on your schools FARMS percentage. For example, Langley is a small school in student population but has many more electives and AP options than Westfield because almost the entire school is UMC kids.

FCPS needs to be very careful not to make Westfield worse off than it is now or the zoned MC kids will not attend and it will go into a Justice death spiral. If they are pulling 1000 
kids out of Westfield and only moving in an few hundred, then FCPS needs to be very generous with the staffing formula for Westfield (like it will be for Skyview) to keep classes at the school.[/quote]

Justice isn’t in a death spiral.  It hit a reset years ago where the MC/UMC folks who wouldn’t send their kids to a majority Hispanic school with a high FARMS rate switched to privates and those who are confident their kids can navigate the school (many do IB) send their kids there.  They have a strong principal who cut his teeth as an AP at McLean and Marshall, and the PTSA always seems to find people.

Sadly, Ricardy Anderson is big right now on moving neighborhoods out of the Justice pyramid to reduce the enrollment at the feeder 6-8 middle school (Glasgow), and that could end up pushing Justice over another tipping point if they aren’t careful.  [/quote]

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