New petition to throw money at Haycock so it somehow won't be 50% overcapacity

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/reduce-class-size-at-haycock/

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I suspect that Wakefield Forest, my kid's school, is up there. Like Waynewood, it's not in a particularly wealthy area, but the boundaries include only single-family homes.

Nope. Not as wealthy as Waynewood and considerably more diverse. Maybe in the top 30 in terms of percentage of white students.

Waynewood, Wolftrap, Great Falls, Chesterbrook, Fairview, Orange Hunt, Union Mill, and Flint Hill are the whitest elementary schools in FCPS.

I agree that there are very few all white enclaves left. My ES is very diverse. And it is more so after boundary changes last year. Those sort of changes are only likely to increase.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/test-scores-and-housing-costs/?ref=business

Waynewood is in a very wealthy area. The $$$ homes along the Potomac feed into it.

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Anonymous wrote:
Waynewood has the highest percentage of white students in the county - 86%. That's one school in FCPS, compared to four similar elementary schools (Jamestown, Nottingham, Taylor and Tuckahoe) in Arlington. Overall, Fairfax is getting more diverse, while North Arlington is becoming the most "lily white" part of the region.

just out of curiousity - does anyone know the top 5 or 10 with the highest percentage of white students? NO, I'M NOT A RACIST (my own daughter's school is extremely diverse). I really am just curious and too busy to go poking through the records of 136 elementary schools. It would not surprise me if the schools that were HDK schools and lower on that risk assessment list from last year were highly correlated with the highest percentage of white students list.

I suspect that Wakefield Forest, my kid's school, is up there. Like Waynewood, it's not in a particularly wealthy area, but the boundaries include only single-family homes.

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Waynewood has the highest percentage of white students in the county - 86%. That's one school in FCPS, compared to four similar elementary schools (Jamestown, Nottingham, Taylor and Tuckahoe) in Arlington. Overall, Fairfax is getting more diverse, while North Arlington is becoming the most "lily white" part of the region.

just out of curiousity - does anyone know the top 5 or 10 with the highest percentage of white students? NO, I'M NOT A RACIST (my own daughter's school is extremely diverse). I really am just curious and too busy to go poking through the records of 136 elementary schools. It would not surprise me if the schools that were HDK schools and lower on that risk assessment list from last year were highly correlated with the highest percentage of white students list.

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Anonymous wrote:Um. There is no all white school in Fairfax County anymore. They are all diverse and children attend of many races and ethnicities (they may even have white foreign children). Diversity is everywhere in the DC area. I think the OP just wants a highly regarded elementary school regardless of the racial makeup.

There are still a very few all-white enclaves. See Waynewood Elementary.

Waynewood has the highest percentage of white students in the county - 86%. That's one school in FCPS, compared to four similar elementary schools (Jamestown, Nottingham, Taylor and Tuckahoe) in Arlington. Overall, Fairfax is getting more diverse, while North Arlington is becoming the most "lily white" part of the region.

Anonymous wrote:Um. There is no all white school in Fairfax County anymore. They are all diverse and children attend of many races and ethnicities (they may even have white foreign children). Diversity is everywhere in the DC area. I think the OP just wants a highly regarded elementary school regardless of the racial makeup.

There are still a very few all-white enclaves. See Waynewood Elementary.

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax county is surely very elitist. This thread is discussing affluence and the 'best' school and AAP programs. Of course all the rich kids are gifted. FCPS is now adopting AAP into regular curriculum as rich kids equal gifted kids.

Five days later and this is the drivel you add? What a waste.

Fairfax county is surely very elitist. This thread is discussing affluence and the 'best' school and AAP programs. Of course all the rich kids are gifted. FCPS is now adopting AAP into regular curriculum as rich kids equal gifted kids.

Um. There is no all white school in Fairfax County anymore. They are all diverse and children attend of many races and ethnicities (they may even have white foreign children). Diversity is everywhere in the DC area. I think the OP just wants a highly regarded elementary school regardless of the racial makeup.

My kids are in their 2nd year at Shrevewood Elementary. But that probably doesn't fit with most people as it's a VERY diverse school and OMG!!! we get kids that live in apartments..... and we have lots of kids on the free and reduced lunch program. Shrevewood won the Governor's Award in 2010 and we just won 2012's Education Excellence Award. But then again we have foreign kids who come from different countries, as well as mixed kids, along with kids from gay parents...... you probably wouldn't want your white child to associate with these kids.

FWIW - OP. I really like our school it's a great community and the new Principal is great. Is the school perfect, NO! What school is? The teachers (I have interacted with) are warm and eager to do the best they can with the tools they have!

As a child of immigrant parents who knows what it's like to be in a classroom full of kids that I didn't understand.... and now no one would NEVER guess that I wasn't born here if I didn't tell them on occasion ..... of course I have to be careful who I tell, they may not want to be my friend when they find out I'm not really white

The point here is people, if we continue to try to put our children in a place where "WE" feel is best for them --- ie an affluent neighborhood with only white people (using this just as a generalization) then what exactly are we teaching these kids who hopefully one day will be leaders of this fine Country? America is filled with immigrants of different parts of the world, let your children be friends with these kids and associate with them. I find it so rich that when we were visiting a museum in NYC recently my 7 year old said "this display is from Indonesia, my friend ___________ is from Indonesia and in Indonesia, they eat this and do this. Let's all step out of our shallow boxes and explore the culture and people we have as neighbors, co-workers, grocery clerks, etc. Do not judge people based on the color of their skin or their country of origin, look at people as PEOPLE and not how rich they are or what house or car they have!

Agree. We're in the Wakefield Forest area. Definitely not even close to the wealthiest part of The county, but there are only SFHs in boundary.