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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of folks are accusing FCPS of going in this "new direction" for advanced academics with politically charged implications. [b]What else is FCPS supposed to do with changing demographics and dropping socio-economic levels? [/b]FCPS is a public school system charged with educating everyone. Fairfax County is at a point of development far beyond the old days of a predominantly wealthy, white population where public education was easy.

There's no easy answer to mixing students vs. separating them, having Centers vs. local AAP. It's a lose-lose situation but the core issue is far beyond what FCPS can address. The issue is class size, space availability, and need for hundreds more specialized teachers and assistants to educate children that have more needs than ever.[/quote]

Draw lines to more equally distribute kids who require those extra resources [/quote]

Do you mean busing?  Or rehoming families?  Boundary lines aren't really the problem.[/quote]

The county is choosing where to build subsidized and low income housing. Some areas have more than schools can handle and some areas have none. [/quote]

The county and the school district are two separate entities.  They work together or align, sometimes.  But they're not the same.[/quote]

What’s your point, PP? The county needs to tell those asses McLean and Great Falls to pound sand. Build low income housing through out the county. Don’t allow anything but mixed use spaces (apts/condos/townhomes/single family) in the same neighborhoods and throughout the county.[/quote]

Agreed, but the County continues to fail to do so. Route 1 corridor in Alexandria is about to get a massive 33-acre affordable housing development, as if that region of struggling schools needs even more concentrated poverty. Franconia Government center is also turning into multi-family affordable units. What affordable housing is western Fairfax building? Multiple senior living developments.[/quote]

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