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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does everyone see how hard WS posters are fighting the suggestions that any WS kids ever get zoned to Lewis? Any of the other surrounding schools would be fine.

That is what happens when you concentrate all of the poor and ESL students.

FCPS needs a reckoning on this.[/quote]

Sorry, but this is crazy.

There are several schools in the 30% overenrollment range.

Most of the schools are slightly below or slightly above capacity by 5% or so.

That is nominal, and an amount that will fluctuate up and down depending on class/grade size.

It is beyond silly to keep dragging WSHS into this discussion when it is in the same enrollmemt range as the majority of FCPS high schools, and when there is so much over capacity over in the other parts of the county

Focusing on one school that is at average enrollment, when there are several schools that are 30% over capacity, is really, really silly and misguided.[/quote]

Nobody here saying that those grossly overcrowded schools don't need relief.

But there are also under utilized schools (like Lewis) facing issues. And the fact that FCPS chose to give WS a larger than approved renovation when there was space next door is telling.

Don't worry though. Nobody will be moved from WS to Lewis.[/quote]

What nonsense.

WSHS was renovated on its scheduled fcps renovation cycle.  There is a rolling queue of schoops that get renovated.  I believe it is a 50 year cycle

The renovation had zero do do with Lewis high school.

When you do a full renovation, you expand where feasable.  It saves taxpayer money.

Lewis enrollment or under enrollment is completely irrelevant to any other high school's renovation.[/quote]

The only one speaking nonsense here is you. Of course nearby excess capacity should be a factor in the size of school expansions. The county originally set out a smaller number for the capacity increase at WS and then increased that number twice in different CIPs. Meantime there was plenty of space next door at Lewis. How can that not be a factor? And they pulled students from Lewis that has contributed to the enrollment imbalance. In 2005 the two schools had and enrollment difference of less than 200. Now it is approaching 950.

Lewis was expanded in 2005 and immediately students were moved out and it has never been close to capacity. How was that a wise use of taxpayer money? And the expansion at West Potomac is also ridiculous. There are over 400 sears available at Mount Vernon.

Like I said, if you own real estate in the WS zone, don't worry, nobody is being moved to Lewis.

But the vast discrepancies in enrollments is due to people like you who refuse to think boundaries should ever be changed.[/quote]

Maybe the plan is to let the schools dwindle to the point of no return,
rezone the neighborhoods to the larger school and sell the buildings to new private schools.[/quote]

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