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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The whole county needs to be scrutinized and re-aligned thoughtfully. [/quote]

And by “thoughtfully,” you mean in a way in which you approve.[/quote]

Indeed. Likewise, I'm sure you thoughtfully approve of the current boundaries that isolate the colored and the poor away from your schools.[/quote]

Funny. Our pyramid will have a  large population of poor and POC population regardless of how the lines are drawn. So, that isn’t a factor for me. I grew up in a poorer, browner community and much violent community. Fairfax County is filled with a bunch of rich, multiracial snowplow parents raising snowflakes. It has been decades since a major re-alignment. Balance the school numbers and reduce the cost to taxpayers.

If anyone thinks being re-zoned will put their kids at a lesser school, then we have a major problem. [b]All the schools should provide the same opportunities.[/b] Our HS gets put down a lot but plenty of kids who put in the time and effort go on to very good colleges. [/quote]

Sure. Compare the after school offerings at Longfellow to Whitman and say that with a straight face. [/quote]

I said should.

Also, who is responsible for afterschool offerings/ enrichment? PTA or FCPS? Our ES, MS and HS are regularly trashed on this board, so I am saying this with a straight-face. if you’re like 90% of DXUM, you’d prefer your current school over ours based on comments on this site.[/quote]

It's a combination of the school and the PTA. My kids go to a middle school where there are no academic after school clubs other than tutoring. The school has other priorities and the PTA is broke. Meanwhile the better off schools have science olympiad, model un, coding, math counts, and even intramural sports. There is no equivalence between schools  [/quote]

So, the bone to pick re: afterschool activities is really with the PTA and maybe the county which could handle after school activities just like it does with SACC. [/quote]

I don't think some of you get how broken some of the FCPS schools are because of the overwhelming amount of poverty. The PTA has no resources to lean on. And for a number of reasons students don't participate (taking care of younger siblings, language and cultural barriers, for high school students - job to support family). So kids who want to participate are out of luck. Families figure this out, bail on that school, and the deterioration gets worse.[/quote]

Oh they can't be that poor, we pay them well to clean our houses, do our laundry, and stock and clean our retail and grocery shelves. [/quote]

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